From an email I received,

This is a call from individuals concerned about the state of refugees in Sri Lanka at the end of this military conflict, the brunt of which, many refugees, dead and alive have faced. Its is expected that around 313,000 IDPs refugees are in various camps in Sri Lanka. It is important to remember that a large number of these refugees are women. Please keep this in mind while making your contribution.

 Who are we: we are a group of individuals who have been involved in a range of work related to the conflict in Sri Lanka over the past few years in Sri Lanka and India. For further details on our work please contact us and we will be more than willing to furnish any information you may need in this regard.

 Distribution: We have made arrangements with organizations in Colombo to duly distribute any amount of items we may collect. It suffices to say that these organizations have been involved in work around conflict and human rights in Sri Lanka since its very inception. For further details on these organizations please contact us and we will be more than willing to furnish any information you may need in this regard.

 What is needed:

 Medicines: Any basic medicines such as tablets, band aids, cotton etc although it might be preferable to give money for the acquiring of medicine there locally as it might be easier to transport within the country rather than from outside, although any contributions in a large enough scale of medicines themselves would be very welcome.

Clothes: All kinds of clothes for men, women and children are welcome. Also, bed sheets and towels are also needed. Please refrain from sending any clothes that are not useable.

Books, notebooks, pens, crayons, sketch pens, colour pencils: all of these items would be very welcome to distribute among children in the camps.

Money: Money is needed for buying of basic items such as sanitary pads, medicine and food and of course drinking water, which is of enormous scarcity in the camps as of now. All those who wish to contribute money, kindly contact Ponni Arasu at mailponni@gmail.com or Priya Thangarajah at ipriyat@gmail.com for further information.

 Collection Points:

 Chennai:

 Corporate Accountability Desk

42a, First Floor, 5th avenue, Besant Nagar, Chennai – 90 

Phone number : 044 – 24463763 and 9840398852 – Jeny

 Mumbai:

Women’s Centre

104/b, Sunrise Apts

Above Canara Bank, Vakola, 

Santa Cruz (East), 

Mumbai, Maharashtra 400055
Ph: 9987398629; 022- 26680403

 Bangalore:

 Alternative Law forum

122/4, Infantry Road,

Opposite infantry wedding hall,

Bangalore -1

Ph: 080- 22868757

 Delhi:

 Nirantar

B-64 (2nd Floor), Sarvodaya Enclave
New Delhi 110 017
India
Phone: 91-11-26966334, 
91-11-26517726 (telefax)
Website: www.nirantar.net , The drop in time is from 10 – 5 monday to friday and 1st and 3rd saturdays.

 Kindly contribute generously and at the earliest so we can begin to provide the bare minimum for the people in Sri Lanka who are now in the midst of one of the largest humanitarian crises in recent history.