Support to Conflict Affected People through Housing News

Australian Prime Minister Meets UN-Habitat Housing Beneficiaries in Sri Lanka

17 November 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon. Tony Abbott MP, met with housing beneficiaries who have reconstructed their conflict damaged homes with Australian Government funding on Sunday 17th November at the Australian High Commission in Colombo. The Housing Recovery Programme is implemented by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme ...

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Australian Members of Parliament Visit Housing Project in Killinochchi District

January 29, 2013, Killinochchi, Sri Lanka.  A delegation of Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) from Australia visited Piramanthanaru village in Killinochchi district recently. The visiting MPs included Hon. Julie Bishop, Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Scott Morrison, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship as well as Productivity and Population and Mr. Michael Keenan, Shadow ...

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Housing Support for Four Thousand Families in the North and East with Funding from the European Union, Australian and Swiss Governments

January 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka: UN-Habitat is extending its partnership with the European Union (EU), Government of Australia (AusAID) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to implement the second phase of the housing recovery project for conflict affected families. The project “Improving Living Conditions in Returnee Areas of Sri Lanka through Housing” ...

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Australian High Commissioner Visits Housing Project in the North.

May 30, 2012, Killinochchi, Sri Lanka. The Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Her Excellency Robyn Mudie, visited villages in Killinochchi and Vavuniya districts on 30th May 2012. During her visit she met conflict affected families who are repairing and rebuilding their homes through the project “Support to Conflict Affected People through Housing”. Mrs. R. ...

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Housing Recovery Initiative Supports Families to Rebuild in Mullaitivu District, North of Sri Lanka

February 2012, Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. A delegation from the European Union visited Koolamurippu village in Mullaitivu district recently to discuss housing progress with conflict affected families who are reconstructing their homes. Koolamurippu is one of 60 villages in the Northern Province that has received funding through the housing recovery initiative “Support to Conflict Affected People ...

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Reconstruction of Three Thousand War Damaged Houses Under Way in Northern Sri Lanka with Funding From the European Union, Australian Government and the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation

Reconstruction of Three Thousand War Damaged Houses Under Way in Northern Sri Lanka with Funding From the European Union, Australian Government and the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation 22 February 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka: A partnership between the European Union, the Australian Government, the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC) and the United Nations Human ...

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