Informes

COLOMBO, July 5, 2021—A consignment of Pfizer vaccines today arrived in Colombo, the first batch of 800,000 doses to be delivered in the next few weeks. A total of five million vaccines financed through the World…

In Numbers 45 percent of women of reproductive age group are overweight or obese; 33 percent of pregnant and lactating women are anaemic (Demographic and Health Survey, Sri Lanka, 2016). The scaling up of the Home-Grown School Feeding…

In Sri Lanka, smallholder farmers are among the most vulnerable to natural disasters. More than 27 million people have been affected by floods and droughts with economic losses estimated at over USD 2.62 billion since 1966.…

1. HIGHLIGHTS Due to the recent storm “Tauktae” Sri Lanka experienced heavy rainfall with high winds from 13th May early morning till 14th May and most parts of the South Western region received more than 250mm rain-fall…

SUMMARY • As of 23 November, there have been 20,171 positive cases, 14,497 recoveries, and 87 deaths across the country. • UNICEF helped to procure and deliver critical hygiene and infection-prevention supplies to high-risk communities and treatment centers…

Board Chair Shares a few words... *“We COMMIT ourselves to one another, to all the children of God and indeed to the human family everywhere, with the openness of heart, generosity of spirit, and fidelity of love”.…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Sri Lanka is a lower middle-income country with an estimated total population of 23 million people. More than a decade after the country’s civil war ended, there has been significant economic and diplomatic progress. Nonetheless,…

“During the COVID-19 lockdown, we struggled to find money for food. We managed to take loans from our neighbours,” says Tharshani Kumar*. “[When schools re-opened], I had to send my son to school without breakfast every…

Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 40/1, in which the Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to continue to assess progress in the…

COLOMBO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Sri Lanka welcome a funding of CAD 1 million (LKR 151 million) from Global Affairs Canada to help smallholder farmers cultivate nutritious crops…