Lifeline Daily Radio Show #274 (22 February 2010)
UNDP to help step up demining in the North with five more demining machines. Technical colleges are being set up in the Northern districts, starting with Jaffna. Nearly 2000 acres of land are being farmed in Mullaithivu at the moment, and Mannar fishermen have received fishing equipment worth Rs 28 million.
- Mine action update
- Help for returnee farmers
- Technical colleges for the Northern province
- Help for Mannar fishermen
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show #273 (19 February 2010)
Sarvodaya helps with cleaning up schools in the North. Up to 175,000 IDPs have been resettled, says the Ministry of Resettlement. Also, Business outlook is improving in Mullaithivu.
- School cleanup with help from Sarvodaya
- Resettlement update
- Business looks up in Mullaithivu
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show #272 (18 February 2010)
There has been an influx of domestic tourists to Jaffna in the recent weeks. New schools and teaching spaces are being set up in the North to accommodate IDP/returnee children. Also, returnees say Mullaitheevu is slowly getting back to normal.
- Influx of domestic tourists in Jaffna
- New schools for resettled students
- Excerpt of interview with G. A. Chandrasiri, Northern Province Governor
- Resettlement update
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show #271 (17 February 2010)
The date for regist
ering to vote in the upcoming elections has been extended. Jayanthipuram Maha Vidyalaya holds the first school sportsmeet in Kilinochchi since resettlement. Snakes and elephants are proving to be major problem for returnees. And in the Vanni, teachers in return villages call for better pay conditions.
- Date for registering to vote extended
- First school sportsmeet in Kilinochchi after resettlement
- Snakes and elephants a major problem for returnees
- Teachers in resettled areas call for better pay conditions
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show #270 (16 February 2010)
Courts complexes in the Vanni are to open for operation soon. Also, nearly 45,000 people have been resettled in the Vanni this week. And IDPs and returnees can register to vote in the upcoming elections through their Grama Sevaka or DS office.
- Courts in Kilinochchi and Mullaithivu to open by end of month
- Resettlement update
- Registering to vote in the Parliamentary Elections
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show #269 (15 February 2010)
Hospitals in the Vanni have been given trishaws to help patients in rural areas. Also in the Vanni, help is available for owners who want to recover vehicles lost during the conflict. In Jaffna, furniture and timber business scales up.
- Trishaws for hospitals
- Furniture and timber business scales up in Jaffna
- Recovering vehicles lost during the conflict
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Lifeline Daily Radio Show #268 (12 February 2010)
The threat of dengue seems to be reducing in Vavuniya and Jaffna. Roads in resettlement areas are being developed under the 180 day plan, and students still in Menik Farm speak to Lifeline about their hopes and aspirations.
- Dengue threat reducing in Vavuniya and Jaffna.
- Road development in the Vanni
- Students in Menik Farm
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Lifeline print supplement #104 (14 February 2010)
Lifeline print supplement #104
Providing Humanitarian Information to IDPs
14 February 2010
These are the main stories of this issue:
- Voting at the Parliamentary Elections (Page 1)
- Mobile libraries for IDP children (Page 1)
- Developing fishing infrastructure in Mannar (Page 1)
- Interview with Jaffna GA K. Ganesh: “We are working on providing legal documents to resettled people” (Page 2)
- Update on demining in Jaffna (Pages 4 & 5)
- Renovation of temples in the Vanni (Page 08)
- Resettlement of Ampara IDPs (Page 08)
PLUS:
- Children’s section (Page 7)
- Readers contribution (Page 08)
Lifeline Daily Radio Show #267 (10 February 2010)
Religious leaders call for the rebuilding of religious buildings destroyed in the war. Sarvodaya is assisting children in orphanages obtain birth certificates. In Mannar, the pass system for fishing has been removed.
- Religious buildings to be rebuilt
- Birth certificates for children in orphanages
- Pass system for fishing removed in Mannar
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Lifeline print supplement #103 (7 February 2010)
Lifeline print supplement #103
Providing Humanitarian Information to IDPs
7 February 2010
These are the main stories of this issue:
- USAID funds to assist resettled people (Page 1)
- Resettlement Update – Vanni (Page 1)
- Health facilities for IDPs remaining in Menik Farm to be coordinated through the Northern Province Governor’s Office (Page 3)
- Livelihood issues of Mannar returnees (Page 4)
- Interview with WFP Public Information Officer, Paulette Johns: “We are providing food assistance to returnees for up to six months from the day they left camps” (Page 5)
- Business development in the North (Page 6)
- Livelihood support for war affected women in the North (Page 08)
PLUS:
- Children’s section (Page 7)
- Readers’ contributions (Page 08)
