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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 9224797" data-attributes="member: 92282">UNICEF supplies arrive in flood-affected eastern part of Sri Lanka A second consignment of UNICEF supplies arrived in the flood-affected eastern part of Sri Lanka today. These supplies are 4,961 hygiene kits (washing kits to last a  family of five a month including towels, soap, toothpaste, washing  powder), 10,000 plastic buckets, 15,000 sleeping mats, and 150 community  cooking pots (150 litre capacity). This second consignment of goods follows seven truck-loads of  supplies sent by UNICEF to assist the one million people affected by the  massive flooding. The first consignment comprised: 50 water tanks  (1,000 litres each), water tablets able to purify two million litres of  water, 7,000 tarpaulins, chlorine bleaching powder for equipment  sterilising, 7,000 sleeping mats, 3,000 buckets, 30,000 bars of soap and  cooking pots. UNICEF's consignments have been handed over to local government  officials who are working with the Sri Lankan military in order to  distribute badly-needed goods to the displaced. The Batticaloa and  Ampara districts are particularly badly hit. Government reports state 27 people have been killed, 47 injured and more than 367,000 displaced by the floods. No rain fell yesterday (Thursday, January 13) but rain is falling again today (Friday, Jan14). These consignments of UNICEF support are part of a wider  Government and UN effort to support the affected communities. As most  roads are impassable by vehicle, the Sri Lankan military is using boats  to deliver much-needed aid. The UN is preparing to launch an emergency  fund-raising appeal.<a href="http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/EGUA-8D4UBD?OpenDocument" target="_blank">reliefweb</a></blockquote>

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