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The USAID assessments identify opportunities for the private sector to increase investment in the East in six sectors, creating new jobs and raising incomes. Day fishers can benefit, as well as fish farmers, who can expand the aquaculture industry with the right support.
U.S. Government helps to identify economic growth opportunities in the East
2009-11-16
U.S. Ambassador Patricia A. Butenis presents a USAID bookbag with school supplies to students at the newly renovated Arafa Nagar school in Muttur.  With funding from the U.S. Pacific Command, USAID renovated and expanded seven schools in the Eastern Province, in communities severely affected by the conflict.
U.S. Ambassador opens two schools rehabilitated by U.S. Government in Trincomalee District
2009-11-10
The career day is expected to generate more than 400 job-oriented training and internship opportunities for young men and women.
USAID supports a Career day for youth in the East
2009-11-09
U.S. Ambassador Patricia A. Butenis joined women farmers in Punani to launch a new milk project that will increase the incomes of 4000 dairy farmers in the East. The project is a public-private partnership funded by USAID, with support from CIC and Land O’Lakes.
US Ambassador Launches New Ice Cream Project Benefiting Eastern Farmers
2009-11-09
Tools and materials, like these water pumps given to new farmers to irrigate their crops, were given to former fighters to help them start a new life.
U.S. Government helps former fighters gain a new start in the East
2009-10-30
Launching new yoghurt and curd factory at the Siddapura farm in Punani.
U.S. Government assistance increases milk supply to the new CIC Yoghurt and Curd Factory in Batticaloa
2009-10-23
Officials and staff from Seruwila, Kantale and Moragaswewa Pradesheeya Sabhas work together at the USAID workshop. Representatives from more than 90% of the local authorities in the Eastern Province increased their knowledge of participatory planning and budgeting.
U.S. Government helps build capacity of local officials in the Eastern Province
2009-09-28
Vellupillai Kandasamy, Treasurer, and Kandiah Neelakandan, General Secretary, All Ceylon Hindu Congress, receive the USAID computers from UPP Project Director Harshi Hewage de Silva and UPP Project Manager Glen Strouys.
U.S. Government donates computers to start Jaffna training center
2009-09-25
USAID funding prepared 21 trainers to teach Sinhala and Tamil to local officials and their staffs in the Eastern Province to provide better services to their communities. <br /> <br /> Left to Right: Ms. M. Maskooth, Ampara Urban Council, Ms. N. Rasmila, Official Languages Commission, Mrs. T. Chithra Devi, Seruwilla PS and Ms. Vijitha Sivapalan, Sri Lanka Foundation Institute
U.S. Government funds Sinhala and Tamil language training for eastern government officials
2009-08-24
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U.S. Government funding benefits 200,000 IDPs in the North
2009-08-19
USAID emergency food will feed 300,000 people for four months.
U.S. Government supports early return of displaced persons with another $15 million in emergency food aid
2009-08-10
Assistant Secretary of State Eric P. Schwartz announced <br /> $8 million for USAID to help IDPs in the North return to their homes.
U.S. Provides $8M to Support Returns in the North
2009-07-27
U.S. Chargé d’affaires James R. Moore presents $14.3 million of food aid from USAID to Hon. Basil Rajapaksa, Special Advisor to the President and Member of Parliament. USAID Mission Director Rebecca Cohn (center), WFP Country Director Adnan Khan (right) and Mr. W.K.K. Kumarasiri, Secretary of Ministry of Nation Building (back) look on.
United States Government donates additional funds to WFP’s Sri Lanka operations
2009-07-14
CORE Chief of Party Melani Schultz launching the new website
U.S. Government economic development program in Sri
2009-07-08
USAID Mission Director Rebecca Cohn (right) presents an IT scholarship certificate to S. Vithiyanathi of Batticaloa.  USAID provided 500 training scholarships to students in Eastern and Northern Province to earn Microsoft certification as part of the UPP workforce development program
U.S. Government provides training scholarships for 500 youth in the East and North
2009-05-13
USAID funding to IOM will provide much-needed health centers to serve people displaced by the conflict.
U.S. Government provides additional $6 million in short-term relief to IDPs in northern Sri Lanka
2009-05-12
Susan Ward, Head of the SuRG Program, presents the official agreement to Mr. S. Soundararajah, Chairman of the Verugal PS. USAID funding will provide training and technical assistance to 25 local authorities in the East over the next two years.
U.S. Government program strengthens local authorities in the East
2009-04-30
Minister of Power and Energy Hon. W.D.J. Seneviratne and U.S. Embassy Charge d’Affaires James Moore chat after opening a two-day workshop on energy efficient lighting.  The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provided initial funding to establish a lighting research center in Colombo with the Sustainable Energy Authority that will benefit South Asia.
U.S. Government Helps Open Workshop on Energy Efficient Lighting in Colombo
2009-04-27
In January 2009, Disaster Relief Services Minister Rishad Bathiudeen (left)and U.S. Ambassador Robert Blake viewed USAID food donations to the World Food Program.
U.S. contributes an additional $15 million in emergency food aid for Sri Lanka
2009-04-02
U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission James R. Moore symbolically presents five medical kits to Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva, Minister of Health Care and Nutrition. The kits contain enough bandages, medicines, supplies and equipment to provide basic medical care to 50,000 civilians at hospitals in the North.
U.S. donates medical supplies for hospitals in the North
2009-03-30
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