Results Sri Lanka

ZOA Sri Lanka achieved the following concrete results in 2008:
  • 3.940 displaced persons received hot meals
  • 23.145 food parcels were distributed
  • 6.754 vegetable garden kits were distributed
  • 4.428 shelters were built
  • 257 latrines and 224 wells were constructed
  • 4.213 children received school supplies
  • 4.212 people were given psycho-social assistance

Objectives for 2008

  1. ZOA Sri Lanka will set itself apart from other NGOs by operating closely with communities and by focusing on community based approaches to make projects more sustainable.
  2. ZOA Sri Lanka will continue education projects for displaced persons.
  3. ZOA Sri Lanka will become more specialised in providing temporary and semi-permanent accommodations.
  4. ZOA Sri Lanka extends the water and sanitation training programme for staff members in Trincomalee to other districts.
  5. ZOA Sri Lanka will improve the quality of agriculture and income-generation projects.

Objectives achieved

  1. In the North ZOA involved local groups in strengthening the communities. In the East ties with communities were difficult to maintain, because many communities became displaced.
  2. In 2008 ZOA provided school supplies, trained teachers, supported volunteer teachers and built 29 preschools. School dropout rates declined, and school performance improved.
  3. ZOA specialised in planning and preparing shelter for the massive returns anticipated from the North.
  4. ZOA formed working groups for each sector and developed quality manuals, such as for water and sanitation, getting staff members in other areas involved in this cause as well.
  5. ZOA formed a working group to improve agriculture and income-generation projects.

Objectives for 2009

What ZOA accomplishes, and how ZOA goes about this, depends on the current situation, and on whether the war continues, or a peace agreement is signed. ZOA needs to be flexible about scheduling and location.
  • ZOA Sri Lanka aims to provide emergency relief in Vanni, North Sri Lanka – if this area becomes accessible again.
  • ZOA Sri Lanka wants to extend emergency relief to displaced persons who have returned and are staying in camps in the North. In addition, ZOA plans to help people from different ethnic groups return to their original surroundings in the North and East of Sri Lanka.
  • ZOA Sri Lanka intends to expand operations to the Singhalese communities in areas bordering on the present work areas.


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