White Pigeon (UK)
- rehabilitating those disabled by landmines

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White Pigeon is a charitable organisation working on rehabilitation of those deemed to be disabled by landmines and war activities or any other reason in Sri Lanka. In the UK we are a registered charity and we work with major international aid and development organisations. Dr. N. S. Moorthy began White Pigeon in the UK and is the Chairman of White Pigeon.

We work with many major Non Governmental Organizations such as Mine Advisor Group, Norwegian Peoples Aid, Danish De-mining Group, UNICEF, and Swiss Foundation for Mine Action. White Pigeon was set up with the purpose of rehabilitating people in the north and east of Sri Lanka who have been disabled by the war in those areas. It particularly focuses on providing prosthetic limbs for the victims of land-mines, and offers counselling, rehabilitation and vocational training for those affected.

Our aim:

• Rehabilitate those deemed to be disabled by landmines and war activities or any other reason. Alleviating the hardship arising of those persons and their lifestyle as a result of their disability.
• Empowering those disabled towards self reliance.
• Creating awareness among the local residents of dangerous objects such as anti personnel landmines and other dangerous objects which were left over from the war.

In conjunction with UNICEF and the Sri Lankan government, White Pigeon runs the Landmine Awareness Programme in the north and east of Sri Lanka. Whilst White Pigeon will continue to help those affected by landmines, it has now also turned its attention to raising funds for Tsunami disaster relief Sri Lanka, especially for those in the north and east of the country.Our Charity Number is 110 7434.

DPU attack claims lives of 7 school girls, 11 killed

Tuesday 27th November 2007

Seven school girls, riding in a Hiace van engaged in rural first aid service, were killed on the spot at Iyangkea\\\\\\\'ni on Kokkaavil - Thu\\\\\\\'nukkaay Road in Vanni Tuesday at 11:30 a.m, in a Claymore attack carried out by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Deep Penetration Unit (DPU). The driver of the van and three male volunteers were also killed in the attack, according to Tamileelam Police in Ki\\\\\\\'linochchi.

The DPU attacks have been stepped up in Vanni during the last three days when Heroes Day remembrance events were being held in Vanni.

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