The Tamil Rebel Army is Behind Issues in Sri Lanka

Northern Sri Lanka was overwhelmed by the affects of the December Tsunami, however, due to a militia force called the Tamil Tiger Army, the people of this region are finding it harder and harder to seek the funds that they need in order to rebuild and help to relieve the devastation. The Tamil Tigers have been fighting for a separate homeland since 1983 in a conflict that has killed more than 60,000 people. Peace negotiations are stalled over a Tamil Tiger demand that talks focus on allowing self-government for Tamils. 

The Tsunami Relief Fund that everyone over the world has been donating to in order to reach the victims of the tsunami is distributed by the government officials, which means areas the government doesn’t occupy do not receive funding to help with the aftermath of such a disaster. The Sri Lanka government has not been in the Northern region since 1983, which causes for one of the worst hit areas of the tsunami to have to hope that eventually this conflict between the Tamil Tigers and the government will cease, or at least subside in order to help the nations people.

The South Asia News Designers reported Asian; European and U.S. leaders agreed on Jan. 6, 2005, that the UN should coordinate the world's biggest peacetime relief operation. Countries pledged aid of almost $5 billion, and asked for almost $1 billion more in emergency funds to aid South Asian and East African nations hit by the tsunami. International relief efforts have focused on Indonesia and Sri Lanka, the two worst hit countries. About 113,000 people perished in Indonesia; Sri Lanka has reported more than 30,000 dead.