Provide aid to war affected in Vanni, Sri Lanka
Summary
Urgent funding is required to purchase dry rations, medicines and medical equipments. Additional funds will be used to provide temporary accommodation and help relocating the displaced people.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Current priority for SCOT is to help the people affected by the WAR - the Internally Displaced People (IDP’s) in Vanni, Sri Lanka. Estimated to be around 150,000 and the conditions for them have been described as "nothing short of catastrophic" by the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross). Funds will be used to purchase dry rations, medicines and medical equipments and additional funds will be used to provide temporary accommodation and help relocating the displaced people.
Activities
We will purchase dry rations, medicines and medical equipments for the IDP's and additional funds will be used to provide temporary accommodation and help relocating the displaced people.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $3,359
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $46,641
Total Funding Goal: $50,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Ongoing support and funding will help remove the displaced people from camps and re-locate them in their homes or prefered local locations. Immediate funds are needed to help provide food and shelter in the intermin.
Project Message
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
- Martin Luther King, Jr., US - Freedom Fighter
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Vijay Indran
SCOT - President
"Greenoaks", Gatehill Road
Northwood
Middlesex, HA6 3QD
United Kingdom
7860416978
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Standing Committee of Tamil Speaking People (SCOT)
Greenoaks", Gatehill Road Northwood
Middlesex,
Middlesex
HA6 3QD
United Kingdom
07860-416-978
http://www.scot-uk.org.uk/
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Sri Lanka
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Sri Lanka, read the Human Development Report on Sri Lanka or the Wikipedia entry for Sri Lanka.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 11, 2009
Latest Update from the Field
Project Up-date.
By Vijay Indran - Presiden -SCOT, September 02, 2009 10:36 AM
A special SCOT-Save the Children has been launched.
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