LTTE women, child soldiers to be rehabilitated

There are around 600 women soldiers, 400 child soldiers and a large number of orphaned children among the LTTE members who surrendered to the Sri Lankan armed forces.

The Child Development and Women's Empowerment Ministry will make arrangements to re-integrate them in to the society after rehabilitation, a Child Development and Women's Empowerment Ministry spokesman said.

He said the Ministry will set up four rehabilitation centres for them in Bogawanthalawa, Thalawa, Biyagama and Paranthan to carry out this task.

The Ministry will use six abandoned state schools located in the North Western and North Central Provinces as rehabilitation centres.

UNICEF will support the Ministry to implement this project. Read more ...