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| Sunday, 5 June 2005 |
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US rehabilitates psychiatric and sanitation facilities in Jaffna One thousand outpatients and 60 inpatients each month will now have access to a psychiatric ward rehabilitated at a US grant of $ 225,000 in the Thelipallai Hospital in Jaffna, American Embassy Press release stated. In addition, 300 displaced families in Jaffna, will benefit from newly constructed sanitation facilities and access to clean water. The American-financed project also trained fifteen internally displaced young men in concrete casting and prefabrication skills to construct latrines to service formerly displaced families returning to Thelipallai, Jaffna, Kopay, Point Pedro and Chavakachcheri. Representatives from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) participated in a ceremonial re-opening of the upgraded hospital wing and toured sanitation and clean water facilities in Jaffna on June 1. Mike DeSisti, Country Representative for USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives, said, "Despite the clear and immediate needs of tsunami-affected communities in Sri Lanka, it is important that we remain mindful of the tremendous toll of 20 years of conflict - not only in the North and East but elsewhere on the island as well. Access to quality mental health care services is critically important. The American people are pleased to play a part in assisting Sri Lankans to rebuild communities and restore normalcy to their lives." The combined hospital and water-sanitation project was implemented by Community, Habitat, Finance (CHF), a US based non-governmental organisation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, German development Agency GTZ, the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO). |
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