Tamil IDP Crisis – Awareness Campaign, November 2-9, 2008

Posted on October 30, 2008 by vaahai

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Canadians launch Tamil IDP awareness campaign

Posted on October 30, 2008 by vaahai

A coalition of organizations in the Greater Toronto Area have come together to highlight the Tamil Internally displaced people’s crisis. Here is the Press Release about the campaign from one of the coalition member organizations:
“The alarming growth of the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka in the northern Tamil populated areas have reached unprecedented levels leaving [...]

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