ASIA/SRI LANKA - Thousands of civilians disabled by the war without any assistance

Karadiyanaru (Agenzia Fides) - The decades-long civil war in Sri Lanka, which ended six years ago, continues to have heavy consequences on many of the victims maimed during the conflict, during which more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians were killed. The soldiers of the government receive assistance and health care, but not civilians and former LTTE (Tamil Tigers) injured permanently. The United Nations Office for the Protection of Human Rights have urged the Government to develop a national policy of recovery, taking into account the specific needs of women and children, and establish an adequate reward from the State budget. The Foundation for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled estimates that the people with disabilities are more than 20,000 in the Northern Province, but according to other sources the figures are much higher. Only in the city of Vavuniya there are 40,000, 80% of whom were crippled by war. Currently, as confirmed by government sources, also in the district of Mullaitivu there is lack of assistance programs for all victims. (AP) (Agenzia Fides 18/09/2015)

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