UK gives Sterling Pound 1m to conflict victims

COLOMBO: The UK will give Sterling Pound one million to help over 300,000 Sri Lankans made homeless by the surge in violence since last year, International Development Minister Gareth Thomas announced today.

Some of the funds will also be used to help improve security conditions for hundreds of aid workers, particularly those working in the North and East of Sri Lanka.

Thomas said: “The daily cycle of violence is having a catastrophe effect on the lives of hundreds of thousands of people across the island. All sides must put an end to the violence and breathe life back into the 2002 Peace Agreement before more lives are lost.