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In Brief
Emergency and Recovery Plan of Action (Appeal No. 28/2004); Operations Update no. 57; Period covered: 1 April to 30 June 2005; Appeal coverage: 58.6% The list of contributions can be accessed from the Federation's website: http://www.ifrc.org/cgi/pdf_appeals.pl?04/1-2-3%20-%20ap2804.pdf
South Asia - Operational highlights:
Over three million litres of water are being produced and distributed each week to some 50,000 people in Ampara and Batticaloa districts of Sri Lanka.
So far, over 50,000 families have received hygiene kits through recovery phase distributions and will continue to receive a kit each month until October.
As part of the relief exit strategy, an American Red Cross team is currently in the country evaluating the impact of the emergency phase of the relief emergency response unit (ERU) operation and working with Sri Lanka Red Cross Society staff and volunteers to increase effectiveness of the current recovery phase distributions.
By the end of June, all 86 shelters planned in the first phase of construction in the Maldives were completed benefiting 7,488 internally displaced persons awaiting reconstruction of their homes.
In response to the sheer volume of operations and project-related information available, this second quarterly report marks the first use of a new, easier to read format. Three reports, each by tsunami-affected region, are issued simultaneously and rely on hyperlinks to lengthy annexes such as the contributions list and updates on bilateral projects of partner national societies. Feedback and suggestions for further improvement are welcomed.
For detailed information on tsunami-related operations in Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia please refer to the Southeast Asia section of this report.
For detailed information on tsunami-related operations in Seychelles, Somalia and other countries in eastern Africa, please refer to the East Africa section of this report.
A listing of progress by partner national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies working on tsunami-related projects is attached here.
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