International disaster relief charity ShelterBox is sending more aid to Sri Lanka to alleviate the plight of thousands of people left homeless by the fighting between the army and Tamil separatists.
An additional 200 ShelterBoxes – which will give emergency shelter to up to 2,000 people - are due to arrive in the country on 21 June. They will be distributed to vulnerable people in Menik Farm (Zone 3) in the Vavuniya District. ShelterBox has already distributed 448 ShelterBoxes in Menik Farm since the beginning of May.
"There is still a great need for emergency shelter in the country," says ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) member Laura Jepson who returned from the country on 12 June. "Although the fighting has now ended, it will be many months before most of the displaced people will be able to go back to their homes. The conditions in the camps are very poor. They are very overcrowded." Read more ...
Thursday, June 18, 2009
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