UN facilitates donor visits to the Eastern Province

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"UN facilitates donor visits to the Eastern Province
2010-09-13

The United Nations this week facilitates a visit of
representatives from six donor agencies to the Eastern Province as part of the UN’s continuing attention to post-conflict challenges facing the country. The donors will visit communities in Trincomalee and Batticaloa districts during their three-day visit.
The mission will hold meetings with government representative in the districts, and is scheduled
to visit the areas where people who fled their homes during the conflict are being resettled with assistance from the government, the United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations.

The visit will allow representatives of the donor community to have a first-hand look at the
impact that their support has had on the lives of communities, and to explore ways in which the
international community could contribute to the recovery process through a combination of
assistance ranging from support to livelihoods and housing to strengthening the capacity of local government administration to coordinate and manage the recovery effort as well as initiatives to promote community harmony."