Press Releases Archive
The European Union (EU), through its implementing partner the International Organization for Migration (IOM), provides a new water supply system for the community of Ihalagama, in the Ampara district under its Community Livelihood Support Programme.
The water supply system includes a water tank with a capacity of 60,000 liters and a pipeline supply system providing water for a distance of 11.6 km from Medagama to Ihalagama. Read the rest of this entry »
The Netherlands has pledged EUR 2 million (LKR 277,820,000) to support two IOM programmes that are helping internally displaced people (IDPs) to return home and reintegrating former LTTE Tamil Tiger combatants into civil society.
The contribution of EUR 1 million to each programme will allow IOM to continue to help families to return to their home areas in the north and east of the country from Menik Farm and other displacement camps in Vavuniya. Read the rest of this entry »
The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) has pledged AUD 3.3 million (nearly US$3 million) over three years to support IOM’s efforts to generate the sustainable return and socio-economic reintegration of internally displaced people in the north and vulnerable communities affected by landslides in the centre of Sri Lanka.
The project, which is the 3rd Phase of IOM’s Australian Community Rehabilitation Programme (ACRP) launched in 2006, will work with local government and other institutions at the local level to improve access to jobs and services for impoverished and vulnerable communities.
The programme will provide grants to help communities to rebuild their livelihoods and develop skills through training. It will provide tools and equipment, mobilize people and rehabilitate community assets such as markets, irrigation systems, access roads and other infrastructure. Read the rest of this entry »
The European Union (EU) together with its implementing partner the International Organization for Migration handed over a rehabilitated canal to the farmers of Koknahara, in Ampara district, East of Sri Lanka.
The majority of the community of Koknahara are engaged in farming or other agro related livelihoods. Before the canal renovation project the farmers relied on rain water for cultivation during the wet season. However, this severely limited their productivity and so their income. Read the rest of this entry »
IOM has handed over US$ 95,000 of urgently needed laboratory equipment and supplies to two war-affected hospitals in Mallavi and Killinochchi.
The donation, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) via UMCOR (United Methodist Council on Relief), will help the hospitals to provide health care to thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) returning to the areas from the Menik Farm IDP camp. Read the rest of this entry »