David talks about agri-business/technology. Richard discusses TEAR Fund’s projects in Sri Lanka and they explore future development opportunities.

The following images from Sri Lanka include a few from within the war zone during the last days of the civil war and the defeat of the Tamil Tigers (they are the images towards the end). We also have images from the war zone that we chose not to include due to their graphic nature – they are heart breaking. The war zone pictures were taken by an unnamed priest. Also included are images from the [...]

The following is reprinted with permission from Reuters AlertNet. Images used in this article were obtained from the author and are used with permission from the author. The views expressed in this article are the author’s alone. Through our partner in Sri Lanka, TEAR Fund is one of the few organisations with good access to those suffering through displacement. Written by: A writer in Sri Lanka She stood in the door frame of a former [...]

In this edition of the Podcast, with the Sri Lankan government declaring the defeat of the Tamil Tigers and the Red Cross pulling back from it’s aid operations with the victims of recent events due to the government restricting access, we thought we would catch up with Ian McInnes, one of our programme officers and the former director of our partner organisation in Sri Lanka to get an update on the latest events and TEAR [...]

In this edition of the Podcast we talk to Ian McInnes, former country director for World Concern in Sri Lanka, TEAR Fund’s partner in the area. We discuss the current situation and what TEAR Fund is involved with.

This just appeared in the Guardian UK: Hundreds of civilians are being killed or seriously injured in artillery and gun attacks as the Sri Lankan army attempts to finish off the last Tamil Tiger rebels trapped in a shrinking pocket of land. Injured civilians lucky enough to get out have told of carnage in this so-called “no-fire zone” – a 17 sq km strip of coast where the Tigers are penned in with their backs [...]

Tens of thousands of people, trapped in ‘safe zones’ in the north eastern Wanni region are at increased risk from the escalation in attacks by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, Amnesty International said today. via ReliefWeb » Document » Sri Lanka: Thousands of civilians under attack as fighting intensifies. TEAR Fund’s Easter Focus this year is the situation in Sri Lanka. Our partner in the area is the [...]

Article by: Ian McInnes – Country Director World Concern Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s three decade old conflict between the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) and the Sri Lankan Government is at its fiercest. 70,000 have already lost their lives in a separatist struggle for control of ‘Eelam’, a self-designated homeland for Tamils by the LTTE. Having lost control of the East of the island in 2007 the LTTE now faces a fight for survival in an ever [...]