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annual report – 2006 anuradhapura region - IDPs in Sri Lanka

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Cooperative shops of Padaviya and Kebithigollewa is practic<strong>in</strong>g this system and they issue the dry ration under the supervision of DS and GN to<br />

address the issue of high price and low quality dry ration.<br />

Education<br />

Few compla<strong>in</strong>ts had been received on many problems of education of <strong>IDPs</strong> children. The project had to issue the recommendation to prov<strong>in</strong>cial<br />

educational Director to endure the rights to education of the 35 children <strong>in</strong> the Salamapura Vidyalaya <strong>in</strong> Rambewa. As well as many compla<strong>in</strong>ts<br />

were received on lack of teachers for <strong>IDPs</strong> children go<strong>in</strong>g schools and project conducted discussion with relevant authorities at the DCDC to<br />

address this issue. The sub committee was formed to deal with this issue and project is observ<strong>in</strong>g the pilot program which is conducted to<br />

m<strong>in</strong>imize this issue. To develop and ensure the rights to education project could conduct 4 days sem<strong>in</strong>ars series for O/L sitt<strong>in</strong>g student <strong>in</strong><br />

Kebithigollewa Central College with close coord<strong>in</strong>ation of DCDC participat<strong>in</strong>g more than 300 children for subject to fulfill the requirement of<br />

the parents. Compensation & assistant was also able to be granted for few <strong>IDPs</strong> as a result of the <strong>in</strong>negat<strong>in</strong>g system.<br />

Ma<strong>in</strong> important achievement of the project <strong>in</strong> <strong>2006</strong> was resolved with durable solution as a result of the field <strong>in</strong>quiry system of the project,<br />

relat<strong>in</strong>g to land (compla<strong>in</strong> no HRC/IDP/AP/06/008) the land already have been released and resettlement village have been constructed fund<strong>in</strong>g<br />

UNHCR <strong>in</strong> Mawathawewa and Padaviya. Many problems on land permits and they were settled hav<strong>in</strong>g field <strong>in</strong>quiry grant<strong>in</strong>g relief for <strong>IDPs</strong>.<br />

More than 10 compla<strong>in</strong>ts on land are pend<strong>in</strong>g due to exist<strong>in</strong>g legal provisions could be addressed those issues. To f<strong>in</strong>d a solution for this<br />

systemic ciolation project is try<strong>in</strong>g to draft National policy <strong>in</strong> resettlement.<br />

Another land mark compla<strong>in</strong>s was on child abuse that was able to f<strong>in</strong>d durable solution to take immediate legal action <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>cident of child<br />

abuse. Obta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g medical <strong>report</strong> form JMO was taken for long time due to lack of coord<strong>in</strong>ation among relevant authorities. The project was able<br />

to lobby that issue to the DCDC and the good coord<strong>in</strong>ation was formulated and now it is practic<strong>in</strong>g well. After the <strong>in</strong>vestigation of child abuse<br />

<strong>in</strong>cident of compla<strong>in</strong>t no HRC/IDP/AP/06/012 project had submitted a <strong>report</strong> to NCPA through head office on graveness of exist<strong>in</strong>g practices<br />

regard<strong>in</strong>g child abuse cases.<br />

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