Taking care of IDPs
A progress report:
Sri Lanka has emerged into the light after more
than 25 years of battling terrorism. The decisive victory gained on
the battlefield has thrown up new challenges. Chief amongst these is
the provision of humanitarian supplies and services to the
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who were rescued from the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the humanitarian
operations which concluded in May 2009.
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IDPs in Sri Lanka: An eyewitness report July 26,
2009 - Part I:
New beginning for Sri Lanka
The three of us (Dr. W. Shermal Perera,
Gnanachandran S. Ayadurai and Dr. Vernoica Shanti Chelliah) arrived
in Colombo on July 14, 2009 (Tuesday) and were scheduled to travel
and visit the orphans at the IDP (Internally Displaced Persons)
Centres in the Northern district of Vavuniya. Genocide, abuse and
assaults, assassinations, hunger, malnutrition, mutilated bodies,
continuous cries from children, hunger, anger and rage were some of
the thoughts that filled our minds before the trip.
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Ramadhan: The month of purification and self-restraint
Muslims throughout the world annually observe
the ninth month of the Islamic calendar with intense personal
worship as well as some collective religious activities unique in
this month. The purpose of Ramadhan fast is to provide Muslims with
an opportunity to reaffirm their commitment to faith, rejoice in
Allah’s blessings and purify both their bodies and souls. A person
restrains himself or herself from committing any detestable act in
order to purge the self from the accumulation of sins during the
preceding year.
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Marie Musaeus Higgins, weeping
When a determined, selfless and committed German
educationist selected our country to start a Buddhist girls' school
over a hundred years ago, she may not have foreseen the kind of
challenges her school would face in the 21st Century.
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