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		<title>EU and IOM Provide a New Water Supply System to the Community of Ihalagama in Ampara</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Netherlands Backs IOM Programmes to Help Displaced Return Home, Reintegrate Former Combatants</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 05:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia Funds IOM Efforts to Rebuild Economy, Communities in Northern and Central Provinces</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 05:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) has pledged AUD 3.3 million (nearly US$3 million) over three years to support IOM&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Road to Peace: Transforming Sri Lanka’s Former-Combatants into Civilians</title>
		<link>http://www.iomsrilanka.org/iom/?p=1137</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of young former combatants recently received canoes, outboard engines, water pumps and tool kits from IOM at a ceremony in Batticaloa, on the east coast of Sri Lanka, 300 km from the capital Colombo. The equipment, funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), was to help them start new livelihoods as fishermen, farmers or the owners of small businesses.]]></description>
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		<title>Luring More Fishermen Back to Sea in Pesalai</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Passanna Gunasekera
Decades of war, years of displacement and the security restrictions imposed on fishing, almost paralyzed Mannar&#8217;s principal source of livelihood -fishing-. However, one year after the conflict has ended, the economic landscape of the fishing village seems to have changed. More and more fishermen from the local fishing community of over 1000 fishermen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Koknahara Farmers Benefit from Rehabilitated Irrigation Canal in Ampara</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IOM Delivers Lab Equipment, Supplies to Northern Hospitals</title>
		<link>http://www.iomsrilanka.org/iom/?p=1130</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 11:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IOM Delivers Emergency Aid to Flood Victims</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 09:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IOM is delivering tents, tarpaulins and other relief items to thousands of people affected by ongoing flooding, rain and landslides in 13 of the country&#8217;s 25 districts.
&#8220;We have now transported 1,348 family tents to southern districts, Colombo and Gampaha in the west, and tarpaulins to Trincomalee on the east coast. But there is no sign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Secondary School for the Children of Nintavur</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 08:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
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The European Union (EU), through its implementing partner the International Organization for Migration (IOM) provides a new secondary school building for the children of Nintavur, in Ampara, eastern Sri Lanka.
 
The Al-Mathina school building, constructed at a cost of LKR11.9 million under the EU-IOM Community Livelihood Support Programme (CLSP), includes a two level building with an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government, International Agencies Initiate Migration Health Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 11:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka&#8217;s Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition (MOH) this week met with representatives from IOM, the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Central Bank and relevant ministries to initiate the development of a migration health policy for Sri Lanka.
The meeting, which was funded by IOM&#8217;s 1035 grant facility for IOM Member [...]]]></description>
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