Date: Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:06 pm
Subject: SRI LANKA/Tsunami Relief and status of minority victims


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I flew back from Sri Lanka just yesterday. Given the
geo political and local ethnic situation the only real
money and help that will reach the minority Tamil and Mulsim people
in Sri Lanka can only be through the NGO Tamils Rehabilitation
Orgainsation (TRo)and other impartial NGOs. The National Govt. cannot
be expected to work impartially at all given their past and current
record.

Many NGOs are staffed by Sri Lanka's majority community who are
mostly kind hearted and willing to help but some even under such
tragic circumstances are not impartial as can be seen by the
diversion of UNICEF food relief from affected minority Tamil and
Muslim areas to majority Sinhalese areas by low level UNICEF
empoloyees against management wishes. (Confirmed by Canadian
Broadcasting Company Radio News 12:00 Noon EST Dec 29, 04 but
unconfirmed by UNICEF)

Such occurances are not new to South Asia, when Gujarat in India
suffered an earth quake not long agao most relief reached only the
upper castes and but not the minority Dalits as documented by Amnesty
International and other Human Rights organisation.

Most of the affected in Sri Lanka are the minority Tamils and Mulims,
those who are getting the least relief are the Tamils and Muslims
(See http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=13769) So if
you want to help the most effected then, one of the organisation that
can reach them is Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO). Their
contact is as given below.

http://www.troonline.org/en/?menu=contacts


International

PO Box 4254
Knox City, Victoria 3152
Australia

Phone: +61 3 9888 3899
Fax: +61 3 9888 3899
E-mail: tro@...

Wartburgstr. 15
42285 Wupprtal
Germany

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Colombo

410/112, Buller Street
Buddhaloga Mawatha
Colombo 7

Phone: +94 1 69 32 54
Fax: +94 7 471 65 76
E-mail: sub@...

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6021 Emmenbruecke
Switzerland

Phone: +41 41 360 88 32
Fax: +41 41 360 88 94
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London SW17 0LN
England

Phone: +44 208 265 2764
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Phone: +33 140383074
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P.O.Box 82
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Denmark

Phone: +45 97214626
Fax: +45 97214688
E-mail: denmark@...

Laan van Bath 97
1825 PG Alkmaar
Netherland

Phone: +31 725621055
Fax: +31 703615666
E-mail: nl@...

61, Broadview Avenue
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Canada

Phone: +1 4164637647
Fax: +1 4164632620
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Raveen Satkurunathan
Executive Director
Center for Justice and Peace in South Asia
A Minority rights organisation