TRO on the Media
 Canadian Parliamentarian meets with TRO.
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Wall Street Journal
Aid To Tamils Deepens Political Tensions
TRO oversees hundreds of medical clinics,schools and camps in Tamil communities in Sri Lanka.
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Wall Street Journal
Powell Trip Stirs Hopes of Peace
The TRO has been praised by international aid agencies for overseeing an well-managed distribution
system in the remote east and northeast.
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Boston Globe
Shared in Sri Lanka
After visiting a Tamil town in the northeast that was destroyed by the tidal wave, Carol Bellamy, executive
director of UNICEF, said Monday that the TRO's "well-coordinated relief arrangements put in place within so
short a time are all really commendable.
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The Toronto Star
Tamils fighting for fair share of disaster aid
We would like funds to be given directly to us, and the Sri Lankan government could monitor it," Thevarajah, TRO.
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CNN News
Aid filters through to Tamil area Borders still closed at night
TRO, an internationally recognized aid organization.
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NPR News
In Sri Lanka Shock Wearing Off, Rebuilding Begins
In northern Sri Lanka, tsunami survivors are going back to their regular jobs, and schools are reopening.
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CW News
Local aid is most effective, Sri Lanka bishop says
Bishop Kingsley Swampillai of Trincomalee and Batticoloa said that local services were more efficient than
large international groups.
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Tamils Rehabilitation Organization - A brief history
The year 1983 marred the history of Sri Lanka with sorrows and despair. The ethnic trouble in Sri Lankan History,
which was described as the “July troubles” or the “Black days of Sri Lanka”, made Sri Lankan Tamils living in
various part of the island to displace within their own country.
Even though large numbers of Tamil families moved to the North and East of Sri Lanka, the war that prevailed in
these areas in early 1980's, forced many to move several times within these areas and also flee to India. An
environment was created for our people to get refuge in India and to live in refugee camps. At this stage, in
order to look after these people, some social minded people and some philanthropists joined hands to form the
Tamils Rehabilitation Organization. TRO, in 1985, began by helping these refugees in India. The living conditions
of these people who lost their livelihood and properties was appalling and gave little solace.
TRO which initially started its mission in India, step by step moved its services to North and East of Sri Lanka.
Having Relief, Rehabilitation and Development as its prime objectives, TRO has set up a seven member Socio-Economic
Development committee targeting Social Welfare, Human Development and Self Reliance, aiming for a society with
potential for Socio-Economic Development. Each member of the committee look after Education, Health and Nutrition,
Housing, Agriculture, Employment, Rehabilitation and General Affairs. TRO has engaged itself in this mission with
fervency over the past twelve years and has great pleasure and pride in its services.
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