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"Conflict sensitivity" in emergencies

"If you’re trying to help people whose homes are knee-deep in water, your priority is to respond quickly," says CAFOD's Anne Street, “but it’s really important to take the context into account, or you can end up making things worse."

Emergency relief after floods

We are providing emergency help for people affected by flooding in Sri Lanka. At a time when several countries are being affected by severe weather we ask is this the result of climate change?

Peace-building in Sri Lanka: a woman’s perspective

“The training has been of immense value, I can now manage my parent’s business. I'm proud to have had the opportunity of discharging my duties as the Manager of the Mini Society to the best of my ability.”

Sri Lanka: Bishops say all must be allowed home

Bishop John Rawsthorne of Sheffield and Bishop John Arnold of Westminster call for Tamils displaced by civil war to be allowed to return home after visiting camps in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Decades of violent conflict between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government ended in victory for the government forces in May 2009. But the wounds are not yet healed.