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Operation summary Sri Lanka was hit by a severe Tropical Cyclone Roanu, that affected 22 districts out 25 districts in the country, destroying homes and submerging entire villages, triggering floods and a series of landslides that affected…

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster Sri Lanka has been facing an unprecedented outbreak of Dengue fever. Sri Lanka is a tropical country with two monsoon seasons. With each monsoon brings in two peaks of Dengue fever…

COLOMBO, 7th December, 2017 (WAM) -- The UAE Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Abdul Hameed Abdul Fattah Kazim Al Malla, has supervised the distribution of school bags and supplies to students in the southern Sri Lanka region…

Sri Lanka was once again affected by severe floods and landslides, in May 2017. While the spread of disaster situation was confined only to 15 districts compared to the 24 districts in the previous year, increased…

Yajna Sanguhan and Vagisha Gunasekara Type: Country, Sri Lanka, Working Paper Country: Sri Lanka Date: 21/09/2017 Full summary This working paper draws on a panel survey conducted in Sri Lanka in 2012 and 2015 that collected longitudinal data on the socioeconomic…

This submission relates to Articles 28 and 38 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and focuses on the protection of students, teachers, and schools during armed conflict. In its 2010 Concluding Observations under the…

77th Working Group This submission relates to Articles 28 and 38 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and focuses on the protection of students, teachers, and schools during armed conflict. In its 2010 Concluding Observations…

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster Sri Lanka has been facing an unprecedented outbreak of Dengue fever. Sri Lanka is a tropical country with two monsoon seasons. With each monsoon rain brings in, two peaks of Dengue…

By Amantha Perera PERIYAKULAM, Sri Lanka, Oct 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At 52 years old, with two grown children, Newton Gunathileka thought he should be working less by this point. Instead he has never worked so…

Sri Lanka Army troops under Security Force Headquarters - West (SFHQ-West) provided assistance to put up a protective sandbag bund around Ratnapura Sumana Balika Vidyalaya premises in order to protect the school from possible mudslides last…