We were able to witness almost all the IDP population being resettled in areas sometimes unknown to them throughout their lives. This created a situation for family breadwinners having to re-train and start a new life from the scratch. We are seeing many orphans, widows and vulnerable old people still unable to carry on with their normal lives following the war even after three years. we are working with many front line volunteer organisations and NGO’s  engaged in providing livelihood programmes and rehabilitation projects to meet these challenging demands.

 Beginning of this year in January, the entire Eastern province experienced severe flooding following unprecedented downpour almost never seen in this part of the world before. SCOT responded swiftly and sharply to alleviate the suffering of our people in the East by contribution £8500 within days of the outbreak, channeling the funds through YMHA (Young Men’s Hindu Association) and EHED (Eastern Humanitarian Development of the Bishop of Trincomalee and Batticaloa).

Due to the war many of our past beneficiaries themselves are displaced. We are contacting many of our past beneficiaries directly in Sri Lanka with a view to understanding their current needs and how we support their current projects. This will see us effectively directing our resources at the most urgently needed areas in the North and East affected by the war.

The districts of Batticaloa and Ampaarai east of Sri Lanka have been affected by second natural disaster within two months, with lashing torrential rains and floods. The overflowing water from irrigation tanks has entered villages in the two districts and normalcy has been badly affected. Flood affected people are forced to undergo tremendous hardships due to lack of food and other facilities as the civil authority had failed to provide relief promised for the previous natural calamity that took place few months back.

SCOT has been working closely with two Registered Local Charities to provide food and accommodation to affected parties. More help is required for resettling the displaced families and to bring back a level of normality in the region.

Working with Jaffna University Sri Lanka we have created a Gold Medal Scholorship Fund to award a Gold Medal to the best student who scores the highest marks in the clinical component of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the Final Examination.

A fund raising Dinner & Dance is planned in London for the 19 November 2011

The districts of Batticaloa and Ampaarai east of Sri Lanka have been affected by second natural disaster within two months, with lashing torrential rains and floods. The overflowing water from irrigation tanks has entered villages in the two districts and normalcy has been badly affected. Flood affected people are forced to undergo tremendous hardships due to lack of food and other facilities as the civil authority had failed to provide relief promised for the previous natural calamity that took place few months back.

SCOT has been working closely with two Registered Local Charities to provide food and accommodation to affected parties. More help is required for resettling the displaced families and to bring back a level of normality in the region. A fund raising Dinner & Dance is planned in London for the 19 November 2011.

The General Council unanimously decided that our priority is to help the Internally Displaced People (IDP’s). Funding has been mainly prioritised to help the orphans housed in schools and orphanages, and medical in the Vanni district

Due to the war many of our past beneficiaries themselves are displaced. We are in the process of contacting many of our past beneficiaries directly in Sri Lanka with a view to understanding their current needs and how we may support their current projects. . This will see us effectively directing our resources at the most urgently needed areas in the North and East affected by the war.

This year also saw the first funding from our Scholarship Fund, set up a couple of years ago. This funding is mainly to help the educational needs of the members of the Tamil community from all three religious backgrounds. An Investment Trust   is now in place to invest approximately £15,000 in a fund to generate continuous income supporting this project in the coming years.

For the Tamils of Sri-Lanka the last twelve months has been traumatic to say the least. Over three hundred thousand people were displaced after the war last year and most of them are now resettled in new areas and against their own will. Major casualties of the war are thousands of children, our future generation, made orphans. Having witnessed their parents or relatives killed in front of them, unable to continue their studies with their own kith and kin but being dispatched to an alien land often to school hostels. As you are aware, SCOT is a premier Tamil charity in the UK and our aim is to help the underprivileged in our homeland. With your help and generosity we have been working effectively alleviating many sufferings of our people. In the last three months we have provided financial support to hundreds of IDP families to resettle in their own homes. Provided help to youngsters to go back to schools. To address the exceptional need of today, we are forced to reach out to the general public and persuade them to partake so that we can jointly address the dire needs of our people. “Together we can make a change” to the suffering of our people and the SCOT- General Council is “counting on your support”.

Most of the IDP’s from the camps are now free to move to their own homes in their own villages. However no support is provided by the Government to restart their lives. SCOT is working with local registered organisations to provide relief and rehabilitation. We have identified 45 local agencies working in the North and East of Sri Lanka. Rehabilitation Projects are submitted by these agencies and funding is allocated on a priority basis.

SCOT is working with local NGO’s and have identified urgent need to help destitute children in Vanni. A special SCOT-Save the Children has been launched.