Displaced people supported by St John in Sri Lanka
Posted: 30 April 2009
St John Sri Lanka has received a request from the Ministry of Social Services to provide temporary shelters for hundreds of internally displaced people (IDPs) in the north of the country, who are seeking safety following the recent upsurge in fighting in the 26 year war between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers.
St John will be donated six large tents on 25th May 2009 - which will initially house people who are fleeing from the fighting. Their nearest branch to the conflict area is in Jaffna – just 80 miles away.
Volunteers from Trincomalee District have been supporting relief activities in the East and volunteers from Jaffna are also caring for people in the Northern Peninsula. Volunteers are going to the IDP camps to support a mobile hospital which has been established to care for those in need in the camp. Nine senior first aiders from Colombo will also be stationed at the camp, to support the volunteers. Their main task will be transferring injured people to the mobile hospital. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has requested three ambulances for their relief work in the North and St John has will be providing these to enable them to do their vital work.
St John Sri Lanka are providing vital support during this difficult situation alongside the International Committee of the Red Cross, Médecins Sans Frontières and the UN agencies.
(Any type of photography is currently prohibited and therefore we are unable to show photographs of their activities.)
Posted by: Admin
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