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District |
Number
of Bodies Found |
Number
of Families displaced |
| Jaffna | 2,640 |
6,824 |
| Kilinochchi | 560 |
10,651 |
| Mullaitivu | 3,000 |
5,484 |
| Trincomalee | 1,079 |
28,568 |
| Batticaloa | 2,731 |
27,963 |
| Amparai | 13,128 |
31,235 |
| Hambantota | 4,500 |
1,000 |
| Matara | 1,206 |
1,000 |
| Galle | 4,156 |
7,000 |
| Kaluthura | 217 |
3,000 |
Sri Lanka - Preliminary Damage
and Needs Assement
(Report prepared by Asian Development Bank, Japan
Bank for International and World Bank)
Photo Gallery - Tidal wave disaster in Sri Lanka
AN URGENT APPEALBy now you have probably heard of the
Tsunami (Tidal Waves) that hit countries around the eastern Indian Ocean. According
to reports, of all the countries affected, Sri Lanka was
affected the most, of which the eastern coast (from eastern
Jaffna to Matara) is the worst affected.Unlike the areas readily accessible to
western reporters (south Sri Lanka, eastern India, Thailand, Indonesia, etc.)
the news from the northeast Sri Lanka is very sketchy.
The resource poor TamilNet (www.tamilnet.com) and TamilNaatham (www.TamilNaatham.com) are doing their best and the news so far shows devastating damage. Over 5,000 have been reported killed, and the death toll is expected to rise. Hundreds of thousands are said to be displaced and the exact figures are unknown. The already impoverished population in the northeast are said to be without food, shelter and sanitation.According to today’s New York Times, officials in Colombo are claiming ignorance of the situation in the northeast. The report said:“It is a huge tragedy,” said Lalith Weerathunga, secretary to the Sri Lankan prime minister. “The death toll is going up all the time.” He said the government did not know what was happening in areas of the northeast controlled by Tamil Tiger rebels.
This doesn’t surprise us, as the Colombo government as always treated the northeast in a step-motherly fashion.The international community that is likely to respond to Colombo’s call for help will channel relief through the government, and we are concerned as to how much of this will reach the really needy. The past experience is not all very encouraging.The Tamils Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) and the International Medical Health Organization (IMHO) are best equipped to provide relief to the displaced survivors and have already started their work. These two organizations are the most transparent and the most cost-effective of all the local and international NGOs functioning in Sri Lanka.Please make a donation to one of the following organizations.
You can rest assured that one hundred percent of your donation will go towards the relief work, with nothing taken out for administrative costs.This is the greatest tragedy to strike our brethren in the northeast Sri Lanka and the need is urgent. Please give the most you can.Please send your tax deductible donation, by check or money order, made payable to IMHO.
DO IT TODAY, and send us an e-mail confirmation (imho@imhousa.org). Tell your friends (forward this message or call them) and ask them to do the same.Board of Directors
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