Eastern Provincial Forum

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Eastern Provincial Forum
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Geographical Features

• Total Land Area 9,761 sq.km
• Total Population 971, 251
• Total Forest Land 299,655 Ha
• Total Irrigated Lands 1,879 Ha
• Total Wet Lands 7,890 Ha

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Trincomalee District
Land Area 2,727 sq.km 28
Population 255,950 26
Forests 120,310 Ha 40
Irrigated Lands 496 Ha 26
Wet Lands 5,992 Ha 76
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Batticaloa District
Land Area 2,633 sq.km 27
Population 330,333 34
Forests 63,858 Ha 21
Irrigated Lands 310 Ha 17
Wet Lands 1606 Ha 20
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Ampara District
Land Area 4,432 sq.km 45
Population 388,970 40
Forests 115,488 Ha 39
Irrigated Lands 1,073 Ha 57
Wet Lands 292 Ha 4
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Ethnic Divide
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Education - Ampara District

• Primary and secondary schools 396
• Number of classrooms 5,874
• Student population 153, 311
• Boys 50.6 and Girls 49.4
• Number of teachers 7,958
• Graduate Trained teachers 7,598

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Education - Batticaloa District

• Primary and secondary schools 325
• Number of classrooms 4,602
• Student population 129,446
• Boys 49.7 and Girls 50.3
• Number of teachers 5,540
• Graduate Trained teachers 5,419

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Education - Trincomalee District

• Primary and secondary schools 264
• Number of classrooms 3,668
• Student population 95,514
• Boys 51.3 and Girls 48.7
• Number of teachers 4,789
• Graduate Trained teachers 4,634

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Health and Hospitals

• The East has only one Teaching Hospital with 696
  beds (Batticoloa)
• It has Two General Hospitals with only 400 beds
  (Amapari and Trincomalee)
• It has Eight Base Hospitals with only 392 beds
• It also has 12 District Hospitals with only 613
  beds
• Nine more peripheral units has 339 beds

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• For a total population of 971,251persons it has
  only 2440 beds
• One bed per 400 persons

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Social Services Day Care Centers

• Batticaloa
• 33 DCC with 1530 beneficiaries
• 25 Childrens homes with 1,099 beneficiaries
• Ampara
• 78 DCC with 4,221 beneficiaries
• 28 homes with 114 beneficiaries
• Trincomalee
• 37 homes for 1577 beneficiaries

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Home for Disabled Elders

• Ampara
• 2 disabled homes - 55 beneficiaries
• 2 elders homes - 50 beneficiaries
• Batticaloa
• 4 disabled homes - 164 beneficiaries
• 3 homes - 118 beneficiaries
• Trincomalee
• one home - 22 beneficiaries

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Eastern Provincial Council
Ministries

• Finance Planning
• Law Order
• Local Government
• Regional Administration
• Man Power
• Rehabilitation Resettlement
• Rural Development
• Tourism Environment

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Ministries

• Health Indigenous Medicine
• Social Welfare
• Probation Child Care Service
• Womens Affairs
• Youth Affairs
• Sports
• IT Education
• Cooperative Development, Food Supply
  Distribution

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Ministries

• Road Development
• Irrigation
• Housing Construction
• Rural Electrification
• Water Supply

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Ministries

• Agriculture
• Animals Production Development
• Rural Industries Development
• Fisheries
• Education
• Cultural Affairs
• Land and Land development
• Transport

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EPC / NGO Meeting30th September 2009

• Highlights from APC
• NGO Contribution Appreciation
• Need for efficient Road Network
• Upgrade Hospitals
• Utilise 450 Km Sea Belt effectively
• No Fishing Habour
• Assistance for Higher Education
• Enhance IT and English
• 49,000 Widows
• Rehabilitation of ex-combatants
• Livelihood sector improvement
• Employment

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EPC / NGO MeetingOutcomes

• Coordination Mechanism
• Establishment of Secretariats
• Ministerial Assistance
• Information Sharing
• District Meetings