வடக்கு கிழக்கு இலண்டன் தமிழர் நலன்புரி ஒன்றியம் உதவிக்கரம் நிகழ்வில் மூலம் ஈழத்தில் கல்விப் பணிக்கு உதவி
லண்டன் சிவன் ஆலயத்தில் கடந்த 19.03.2011ம் திகதி அன்று நடாத்தப்பட்ட வடக்கு கிழக்கு இலண்டன் தமிழர் நலன்புரி ஒன்றியத்தின் உதவிக்கரம் என்னும் நிகழ்வு மூலம் பெறப்பட்ட நிதிகள்…
இலங்கை திருநாட்டில் கடந்த யுத்த சூழலாலும் வெள்ள அனர்த்தத்தாலும் பாதிக்கப்பட்டுக் கொண்டிருக்கும் வறிய மாணவர்களின் கல்வியை மேம்படுத்தும் பணிக்கு வழங்கப்படவுள்ளன. இவ்வகையில் 4525 ஸ்ரேலிங் பவுண்ட்ஸ் நிதி உதவிக்கரம் நிகழ்வு மூலம் அன்பளிப்பாக கிடைக்கப்பெற்றுள்ளது. இந்நிதி மூலம் கிட்டத்தட்ட 4500 பாதிக்கப்பட்ட வறிய மாணவர்களுக்கு கல்வி உபகரணங்கள் வழங்கப்படவுள்ளன. இதற்கான ஒழுங்குகள் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டு வருகின்றன.
இவ்வேளை இதில் கீழ்வரும் அமைப்புக்கள் உதவிகளை வழங்கி உள்ளது. அத்துடன் பல மனிதநேயம் மிக்க அன்பர்களும் உதவி வழங்கி உள்ளனர். இவ்வகையில் Read more
Donation from Sivayogam of Tooting
Donation from Sivayogam of Tooting
Donation from Sivayogam of Tooting
Enfield Nagapoosany Amman Temple Donates beds to Orphanage
Enfield Nagapoosany Amman Temple Donates beds to Mahadeva Asiramam Orphanage in Killinochchi.
Katrpaga Vinayagar Temple in Walthamstow, Thurkkai Amman Temple in Ealing and Nagapoosani Amman Temple in Enfield have agreed to support 150 Children in this orphanage.
இலண்டன் சைவக் கோயில்கள் அள்ளிக் கொடுத்த போது ரொறன்ரோ கோயில்கள் கிள்ளியும் கொடுக்கவில்லை!
இலண்டன் சைவக் கோயில்கள் அள்ளிக் கொடுத்த போது ரொறன்ரோ கோயில்கள் கிள்ளியும் கொடுக்கவில்லை!
By திருமகள் in Canada
தென் தமிழீழத்தில் ஏற்பட்ட வரலாறு காணாத பெரு வெள்ளத்தினால் பல இலட்சம் தமிழ்மக்கள் கடுமையாகப் பாதிக்கப்பட்டார்கள். ஒரு வாய் சோற்றுக்கு அல்லல்பட்டார்கள். அவர்கள் வாழ்ந்த வீடுகள் வெள்ளத்தில் மூழ்கின. குடிசைகள் வெள்ளத்தில் அள்ளுப்பட்டுப் போயின. மக்கள் தங்களது ஆடு, மாடு, கோழி போன்ற கால்நடையை இழந்தனர். தொண்ணூறு விழுக்காடு வேளாண்மை தண்ணீருக்குள் மூழ்கியது. இந்த மக்களுக்கு சிங்கள அரசு போதிய இடருதவியை வழங்க முன்வராத நிலையில் புலம்பெயர் தமிழர்களது உதவியை நாடப்பட்டது. . தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு மட்டக்களப்பு நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்கள் சீனித்தம்பி யோகேஸ்வரன், பா. அரியேந்திரன், பொன். செல்வராசா ஆகியோர் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட மக்களுக்கு நிதியுதவி செய்யுமாறு புலம்பெயர் தமிழர்களுக்கு பகிரங்க வேண்டுகோள் விடுத்தார்கள். இதற்கு செவிசாய்த்த புலம்பெயர் அமைப்புக்கள் தங்களால் இயன்ற நிதியுதவி செய்தன. . கனடா திருகோணமலை நலன்புரிச் சங்கம் 33 இலட்சம் உரூபாயைத் திரட்டி மூன்று மாவட்டங்களுக்கும் பிரித்துக் கொடுத்தது. மன்னார் மாவட்டத்துக்கு மேலதிகமாக உரூபாய் 116,500 கொடுத்து உதவியது. Read more
SWO Flood Relief – Porathivu Pattu Vellavely division Maalayarkaddu G.S.Division
SWO and Maheswaran MP doing Flood Relief
London Katrpaga Vinayagar Temple donates Flood Relief by SWO on the 7th February 2011 to Porathivu Pattu Vellavely division Maalayarkaddu G.S.Division
Flood Relief – Manmunai South Eruvil Pattu , Kaluwanchikudy division Kurumanvelly G.S.Divisio
Sri katpaha Vinayakar Sent the following for the flood relief .The Pictures above shows MP Yogeswaran distributing Aid items along with SWO organisation.According to the weather forecast it is going to rain for another 15 days continuously.£3000 to Swo Batticaloaon 20-01,£5200 to SWO on 28-01,£500 to thirukovil camp on 30-1,$450 to Pallukamam,Batticaloa on 30-01-2011.
£1400 Aham Reief Org at Tricomalee.
Ahilan foudation sent £1765(3laks) today to eastern province divisions especially for children emergency needs.
Flood Disaster at ”London Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Illam” a Cheddipalayam
Flood Disaster at ”London Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Illam” a Cheddipalayam
25 PHOTOS of Flood Disaster at ”London Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Illam” a Cheddipalayam. The photos were taken on the 9th February 2011.
UN: Sri Lankan Flood Victims In Desperate Straits
The United Nations reports more people displaced by devastating floods in Sri Lanka are returning home now that the rains have stopped and the floodwaters are receding. Nevertheless, UN officials report hundreds of thousands of people are in dire straits and in urgent need of assistance.
The devastating floods, which struck eastern Sri Lanka in mid-January affected about one million people and made more than 400,000 homeless. The victims barely had time to start recovering, when they were hit by a second wave of flooding in early February. This time 1.2 million people were affected and another 400,000 displaced……………… read more
Fear of disease epidemic haunts Sri Lanka flood victims : watch?v=P1qymzwtQC4&feature=player_embedded#at=11
Flood damage: Govt tells IMF it can manage
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the government of Sri Lanka was confident it could find the resources to deal with flood-related reconstruction, and in the absence of a full estimate of damages caused by the floods that has wreaked over 1.2 million lives, the IMF believed it was too early to reconsider the budget deficit target for this year, which is 6.75 percent of GDP.
The government said it has allocated Rs. 33 billion for related reconstruction efforts but it requires another Rs. 600 million, in additional funds. The UN tried to mobilise the donor community into channelling US$ 50 million in to the flood-effected economy but the response has been too slow, and the IMF Mission Chief to Sri Lanka, Dr. Brian Aitken, said he believed the donor community was reassessing the situation………. read more
1,556 flood-affected families still in camps
Some 1,556 families affected by the recent floods and landslides are still receiving shelter in camps set up for them, it was revealed. Meanwhile around 30 Buddhist monks had to be moved out of their temples in Matale as there was a danger that the area might experience more landslides.
Many that were affected by flooding and landslides recently were being put up in 22 camps in Matale, 20 in Badulla and 14 in Kandy, despite the weather conditions improving, a govt. source said. Persons who took shelter in the districts of Batticaloa, Ampara, and Anuradhapura had returned to their villages with the camps that sheltered them now being closed. However, five camps were still in place in Trincomalee and six in Mannar………..read more
ECHO assists flood-affected
The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) yesterday donated 700,000 Euros to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide urgent food supplies to communities affected by recent monsoon floods………. read more
Surviving the floods in Sri Lanka
Leaving everything behind but the clothes they wore and 200 rupees (USD$1.80) in cash, Janaka and his wife took the children to the nearby community primary school, which was already filling up with families seeking shelter and safety. Two weeks on, Janaka and his family, along with 20 other families, are still homeless, sheltering in the Namal Pokuna Temple community center. They are quickly losing hope of returning to their normal lives………… read more
Severe action should be taken against Sri Lanka – Jayalalitha urge Central government
Tamil Nadu Opposition party leader Jayalalitha Jayaram had urged that Indian Central Government should take drastic action to the condition occurred to the Indian fishermen in Sri lanka. Regarding this a statement was issued by her…………. read more
UN: 6,600 still displaced by Sri Lanka floods
UN: 6,600 still displaced by Sri Lanka floods
Geneva - The United Nations said Friday that 6,600 people are still displaced because of recent floods in Sri Lanka, and the economic impact of the disaster remains severe.
However, most of the 63,000 initially displaced people have been able to return home. In total, nearly 1 million people were affected by the floods………….. read more
Pakistan sends flood relief to Sri Lanka
Pakistan under the instructions of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has sent a consignment of aid for the flood victims in Sri Lanka.
Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has sent a C-130 aircraft yesterday to Sri Lanka with relief goods for the flood-affected. A team of senior NDMA officials was also onboard to handover the humanitarian cargo to their Sri Lankan counterparts, the Pakistani government reported…………… read more
Flood victims in remote parts say relief packages are not coming their way
The recent floods in the North Central and Eastern Provinces have been described as Sri Lanka’s worst natural catastrophe since the 2004 tsunami.
The heavy rains and flood waters have claimed human lives, animal life (including wildlife, livestock and poultry), destroyed homes and property, ruined harvests, and displaced thousands of families. The Treasury has set aside Rs. 1 billion in compensation for the flood victims, half of which (Rs. 500 million) has been given to the Ministry of Disaster Management………….read more
National Priority: Human Rights, Food Or Playing Pandu?
A recent issue of The Economist carried a joke about a plump Tunisian dog during the comparatively economically prosperous days under strongman Zine el- Abidine Ben Ali, running across the border to neighbouring Algeria during the bloody civil strife in Algeria in the 1990s and meeting a ragged, starving Algerian dog. The starving Algerian dog had asked the Tunisian dog: ‘What on earth are you doing here?’……………. read more
Sri Lanka needs US$600 million for flood damage
Sri Lanka needs at least US$600 million for reconstruction efforts after the damage caused by two rounds of heavy flooding that killed 64 people and displace over one million people, amid a lukewarm response to a UN appeal for international aid……… read more
Flood aid for Lanka: Poor global response
The appeal by the United Nations (UN) for $51 million (Rs 5.6 billion) in flood aid has had a poor response from the donor countries with Sri Lanka receiving just 27 percent of the total package, a top official said yesterday.
Acting UN Resident Representative Adnan Khan told the Sunday Times that so far they had received some $10.5 million (Rs. 1.1 billion) with another US$ 3 million Rs 333 million in the pipeline…………………. read more
Flood victims in remote parts say relief packages are not coming their way
The recent floods in the North Central and Eastern Provinces have been described as Sri Lanka’s worst natural catastrophe since the 2004 tsunami.
The heavy rains and flood waters have claimed human lives, animal life (including wildlife, livestock and poultry), destroyed homes and property, ruined harvests, and displaced thousands of families. The Treasury has set aside Rs. 1 billion in compensation for the flood victims, half of which (Rs. 500 million) has been given to the Ministry of Disaster Management…………… read more
Several families still in camps
Of the families displaced by floods, 3442 families were still in the camps, the Disaster Management Centre said yesterday.Of the total welfare camps set up for the displaced people 19 camps remained in Ampara District, 10 in Mannar District and four in the Batticaloa District……………… read more
Flooding in Grief!
For a people wedded to superstition, traditions and astrology, UNP Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe’s reasons for the unceasing and unprecedented rains and floods in Sri Lanka should not surprise anyone. According to him, “God has unleashed rains on the people of Sri Lanka for the wrong-doings of their ruler.” It’s a mythological reason that has often been proffered in modern times when desperation and defeatism have often defied patience for scientific explanation – starting, of course, with ‘ubiquitous and all-embracing global-warming’!President Mahinda Rajapaksa is not the only one to have thus faced the ‘wrath’ of the weather gods…………. read more
Flood destruction — down but not OUT – CB
The Central Bank (CB) says that complete information regarding flood destruction and damage is yet to be ascertained. The CB was of the view that with concerted efforts the damage caused to tanks and agricultural crops could be covered within a short period of time and would not be at a significant cost.
Chief Economist of the Central Bank K D Ranasinghe speaking to LAKBIMAnEWS said that there was some damage to the Maha harvest, houses and infrastructure including roads and irrigation facilities. Government is taking swift action to provide relief services as well as to rehabilitate infrastructure facilities fast……… read more
The UK provides aid to flood victms
Amidst the heavy flooding that has adversely affected several provinces in Sri Lanka, the UK has contributed a total of LKR200 million (USD1.7 million) of aid.
This contribution has been made through the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and the Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies.
“The UK continues to stand by the Sri Lankan people as they seek to recover from terrible floods that has affected many areas of the country over recent weeks,” said Mark Gooding, Deputy British High Commissioner………………… read more
Sri Lanka fears disease outbreak
At least 27 people have been killed in Sri Lanka after days of heavy rain wreaked havoc mainly in the country’s eastern province. The country’s disaster management centre said on Friday that the number of people reported missing stands at 12. Heavier-than-normal monsoon rains since early January have caused dams and reservoirs to burst, swamped roads and set off mudslides.
| More than a million people have been affected by the floods and mudslides, including 363,000 who have been forced from their homes. The floods also caused sewage lines to overflow, sparking concerns about the spread of waterborne diseases, including typhoid. Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from the eastern port city of Batticaloa, which has been hit the hardest, where people are taking refuge wherever they can……………… read more |
Is a food crisis in the offing following the floods?
A rainfall figure recorded the highest ever for many parts in the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka raised the number of people displaced due to floods to approximately 1.2 million and widespread damage to infrastructure and livelihoods. Floods and landslides in central Sri Lanka have damaged more than 12,000 houses according to government figures. Education in the flood affected areas are also hampered with schools in many parts of the areas remaining to be closed with many of them being used as shelters for the displaced……………… read more
Sri Lanka a Victim of Floods
According to the official source 232.4 mm of rainfall fell in Polonnaruwa district last February 3. With the last 8 dead the number rose up to 50 due to the monsoon rains that hit Sri Lanka………… read more
Heavy rain and floods causes massive displacement again
Continuous rains in the Eastern and Central provinces of Sri Lanka since late December 2010 onward have caused floods, landslides and displacement in the regions. Following a short gap in the continuous rains, heavy rains and flooding has resumed since the early hours of 3rd February 2011.
Apart from the Eastern and Central parts of the country, which were the worst hit during the first wave of the rain, the Northern districts are also affected this time. Around 400 families living in Menik Farm, which is the largest post-conflict IDP camp in the Northern District of Vavuniya, were displaced within the camp during the initial period. ……………… read more
War-hit east badly hit by floods
No sooner had Sri Lankans begun to pick themselves up from flooding last month than a second wave of torrential rains unleashed itself, mainly on to the same parts of the country in in the north, centre and above all the east.
Situation Report: Floods Situation Report – Disaster Management Centre – 11 February 2011 at 1330 hrs
Situation Report: Floods Situation Report – Disaster Management Centre – 11 February 2011 at 1330 hrs : http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/srilanka_hpsl/Files/Situation%20Reports/Disaster%20Management/LKRD107_Situation%20Report%20-%2011.02.2011%20at%201330hrs.pdf
Map: Incidents due to Heavy Rains, Floods and Landslides – Sri Lanka – Summary of Incidents between 31 January – 07 February 2011 :
Meeting Schedule (14 Feb 2011 – 18 Feb 2011) – Colombo
http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/srilanka_hpsl/ViewFile.aspx?FileID=7482&Item=Files\Meetings\Meeting Schedules\LKE0807_Colombo Meeting schedule 14 Feb to 18 Feb 2011.pdf
SRI LANKA: Floods destroy over a third of rice harvest
COLOMBO, 11 February 2011 (IRIN) – Sri Lanka will lose over one million tons from its upcoming paddy harvest due to recent flooding, officials say.
“We expected a yield of around 2.75 million metric tons from the harvest due in March to April,” Kulugammanne Karunathileke, secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, told IRIN. “After the heavy rains we will only get around 1.75 million.”
Karunathileke, the highest ranking official at the ministry, said the country had expected a bumper crop – until flooding, which began in January, left some paddy fields under water for up to 11 days. The worst-hit areas are in the eastern districts of Ampara, Batticaloa, Polonnaruwa, Trincomalee and the north-central district of Anuradhapura. ………….. read more
UNICEF: Children still at risk as renewed flooding hits Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, February 8, 2011 – UNICEF is dispatching more supplies to support communities hit by renewed, severe flooding in Sri Lanka.read more
The latest batch of supplies includes 19,000 school kits(including notebooks, pens, pencils) 10,600 reinforced tarpaulins, 60 drums of chlorine bleaching powder, 2,000 sleeping mats, water tanks (2,000 litre capacity, each), water purification tablets and children’s clothes (5,000 sets).
This new consignment of materials means the total value of supplies sent in the past three weeks by UNICEF Sri Lanka to assist communities in the east of the country is more than $600,000 (USD). ………………..
Prisoners evacuated due to flooding in Sri Lanka’s North Central Province
Feb 04, Anuradhapura: Sri Lanka Prisons Department has evacuated inmates at the Anuradhapura prison in the North Central Province due to floods.
Prisons Commissioner General Major General V.R. de Silva has told the media that floods have affected the Anuradhapura Prison and that about 1,200 inmates have been transferred to other prisons in the country. Last month inmates at the Anuradhapura prison staged protests against inadequate facilities in the prison. The protests led to the death of two prisoners and injued over 20 people including some prison officials.
Sri Lanka: Monsoon Flood Update Situation Report 11
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Date: 08 Feb 2011 HIGHLIGHTS / KEY PRIORITIES
• As the waters are receding, some people are venturing back home spontaneously. However the Meteorology Department warns of heavy rainfall, exceeding 100mm in some locations, in the Northern, North-Central, Eastern, Uva and Central Provinces and the Hambantota District in the days ahead. The displaced population may escalate, with those who have returned home compelled to reseek shelter in temporary evacuation centres or with host families……… READ MORE
