SRI LANKA NEWS IN BRIEF (SEPTEMBER 2016) Compiled by Victor Melder Over the past thirteen years, HALO had cleared more than 3,088 acres of land of mines in northern Sri Lanka and 2,471 acres remained to be cleared under its demining programme, the HALO Trust Operations Manager Edward Robert Syfret said. The Government of Japan (GOJ) has decided to provide USD 607,380 in grant aid for humanitarian mine clearance in Northern Sri Lanka, under its grant assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project (GGP). The ‘Project for Humanitarian Mine Clearance for Resettlement and Livelihoods in Northern Sri Lanka’ implemented by The HALO Trust, will expedite the efforts of the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) to make mine contaminated areas safe for people to return and resume their livelihood activities. Under the newly signed grant, the HALO would clear 21 hectares of land in the north, Syfret said. “This year alone teams ...
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