Japan funds humanitarian de-mining in North and East
The Japanese Government has extended further support for humanitarian
de-mining activities in Sri Lanka and has provided a grant assistance of
US$ 1.6 million (approximately Rs. 170 million) to FSD (Swiss Foundation
for Mine Action) and DDG (Danish De-mining Group) to accelerate
de-mining activities in the conflict-affected areas, particularly Jaffna,
Batticaloa and Trincomalee, so that the resettlement of the IDPs will be
further facilitated.
Japan has contributed more than US$ 15 million (approximately Rs.
1,635 million) for mine clearance activities through INGOs as well as
for the creation of the “De-mining Unit of the Ministry of Relief,
Rehabilitation and Reconciliation” (DUTRM) in Sri Lanka since 2003
through its “Grant Assistance for Grass roots Human Security Projects” (GGP).
The humanitarian mine clearance directly contributes to the
resettlement of the internally displaced persons and human security in
the conflict-affected areas.
The FSD project carried out in 2007/2008 directly supported 730
families to resettle and restart their normal life in conflict-affected
areas.
The humanitarian mine clearance directly contributes to the
resettlement of the internally displaced persons and human security in
the conflict-affected areas. The FSD project carried out in 2007/2008
directly supported 730 families to resettle and restart their normal
life in conflict-affected areas.
The DDG project carried out in 2007/2008 also directly contributed to
the resettlement of 938 families and expects to resettle an additional
500 families in Trincomalee and Jaffna.
Along with the cooperation for Humanitarian De-mining Activities, the
Government of Japan extended the GGP assistance for livelihood and food
security projects to the conflict-affected communities through the local
NGOs such as “Sarvodaya” and “Sewalanka Foundation” as well. These
projects are being implemented very effectively, creating synergy
effects between the de-mining initiatives and the resettlement of IDPs. |
