Ilankai Tamil Sangam
Association of Tamils of Sri Lanka in the USA
Published by Sangam.org
PRESS RELEASE
20 April 2007
TRO Humanitarian Relief for Mannar IDPs
Civilians have been displaced by heavy artillery shelling, aerial bombardments and attempted Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troop movements on the border areas of Madhu and Adampan in the Mannar district. The IDPs initially took refugee in the areas surrounding the Madhu Church. This area still fell within the range of the SLA artillery shells and the patrols of the SLA Deep Penetration Units (DPUs), which have both increased, causing numerous deaths and injuries to civilians. As a result, the internally displaced persons (IDPs) requested TRO's assistance to move to safer places such as Ilupakadavai and Vellankulam.
TRO responded to these events immediately and implemented its plans for Emergency Relief and Assistance for IDPs. The response consisted of the provision of transportation, cooked food, non food relief items (NFRI), temporary shelter construction and livelihood assistance.
TRO has undertaken this humanitarian relief despite several constraints – first among them of them is the freezing of TRO's bank accounts in Sri Lanka by the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL). In addition to TRO, some international NGOs, such as WorldVision and ZOA, are assisting the IDP population in Mannar by providing materials for the construction of 100 temporary shelters. Work has been completed for 80 shelters thus far. New temporary IDP settlements are being managed by TRO with the help of local NGOs such as IDRO, MWDO and NEDRO.
The work done thus far by TRO:
TAMILS REHABILITATION ORGANISATION – MANNAR
No. |
Details |
Total Families |
Male |
Female |
0 – 12 months |
Age Groups |
Total Persons |
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1-18 years |
Over 18 years |
|||||||||
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
|||||||
01. |
Periya Madu |
386 |
675 |
799 |
35 |
273 |
303 |
402 |
496 |
1,474 |
02. |
Thadsana Madu |
731 |
1,030 |
1,193 |
109 |
2,223 |
||||
03. |
Savari Kulam |
07 |
08 |
07 |
- |
15 |
||||
04. |
Kovil Kulam |
13 |
20 |
29 |
03 |
49 |
||||
05. |
Puthu Kulam |
11 |
23 |
21 |
06 |
44 |
||||
06. |
Aathi Moddai |
14 |
22 |
26 |
- |
48 |
||||
07. |
Kurai |
18 |
33 |
34 |
02 |
67 |
||||
08. |
Seethu Vinaygar Puram |
04 |
10 |
10 |
- |
20 |
||||
09. |
Ilupakadvai |
08 |
09 |
11 |
- |
20 |
||||
10. |
Moonrampitty |
12 |
34 |
24 |
01 |
21 |
58 |
|||
11. |
Thetha vadi |
09 |
26 |
22 |
03 |
15 |
48 |
|||
12. |
Paliyaru |
36 |
58 |
65 |
03 |
69 |
123 |
|||
13. |
Ganaeshapuram |
06 |
07 |
08 |
- |
04 |
15 |
|||
14. |
Vellankulam |
05 |
04 |
03 |
- |
06 |
07 |
|||
15. |
Sevakiramam |
16 |
37 |
33 |
03 |
24 |
70 |
|||
Total |
1,276 |
1,996 |
2,285 |
165 |
|
|
|
327 |
4,281 |
IDP Relief Management Unit
TRO Head Office
Updated on 19th April, 2007
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