Sri Lanka's Civil war

Here's a brief description of the war from BBC. Thought we should all have a bit of idea about its political history before going. Feel free to add more if you've got a better details. There's only a couple more days on 4od but Channel 4 have done a pretty shocking documentary about the realities of the war. I felt pretty horrified watching it and feel pretty uncomfortable going there and not trying to do anything. I'm fairly sure there's not a lot we could do to make a difference but if anyone could think of something then pls suggest.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/sri-lankas-killing-fields/4od

NATION AT WAR

Army and Tamil separatists fought a long conflict involving air raids, roadside blasts, suicide bombings, land and sea battles
More than 70,000 killed
1983 - Start of war
2002 - Ceasefire is signed but violence escalates in 2006
2008 - Ceasefire ends, renewed fighting erupts
2009 - Government forces re-conquer all rebel-held territory

Known as "Serendip" to Arab geographers, the island fell under Portuguese and Dutch influence and finally came under British rule when it was called Ceylon.
There is a long-established Tamil minority in the north and east. The British also brought in Tamil labourers to work the coffee and tea plantations in the central highlands, making the island a major tea producer.
But the majority Buddhist Sinhalese community resented what they saw as favouritism towards the mainly-Hindu Tamils under British administration.
The growth of a more assertive Sinhala nationalism after independence fanned the flames of ethnic division until civil war erupted in the 1980s between Tamils pressing for self-rule and the government.
Most of the fighting took place in the north. But the conflict also penetrated the heart of Sri Lankan society with Tamil Tiger rebels carrying out devastating suicide bombings in Colombo in the 1990s.
The violence killed more than 70,000 people, damaged the economy and harmed tourism in one of South Asia's potentially prosperous societies.
International concern was raised about the fate of civilians caught up in the conflict zone during the final stages of the war, the confinement of some 250,000 Tamil refugees to camps for months after the war, and allegations that the government had ordered the execution of captured or surrendering rebels.

Yeh that programme was pretty horrendous huh? Left me feeling kind of morally uneasy. Which areas are we planning to go to?