Informes

Highlights Almost 900,000 people in hard-hit areas of Sri Lanka are faced with serious food insecurity and malnutrition due to the country’s worst drought in 40 years. The main harvest (Maha) in March 2017 declined by more…

Education authorities of the Eastern Province have taken a decision to close 66 government schools in the Kinniya Education Zone in the Trincomalee district for three days starting from yesterday until tomorrow following the rapidly spreading…

Sri Lankan farmers are counting the cost of the nation’s worst drought in decades, which has caused widespread crop failure and food shortages while compounding the nation’s existing malnutrition crisis. Drought conditions now exist in all but…

Highlights WFP’s Executive Director and the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka met at the World Economic Forum (Davos), with their discussion focused on this year’s foreseen severe drought in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is preparing for serious difficulties…

An initiative in collaboration with Alwaleed Philanthropies and the Government of Sri Lanka to rebuild the lives of families affected by landslides Bratislava (January 2017) – Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka has partnered with Alwaleed Philanthropies, chaired…

By Basil Fernando The Amnesty Intentional has published a collection of poems titled ‘ Silenced Shadows’. It’s a collection of 15 poems and translations of the said poems into all three languages, Sinhalese, Tamil and English. Originally,…

Highlight Sri Lanka is experiencing drought. Assessments revealed that 915,000 people have been affected in 23 districts among the 25 districts in Sri Lanka. The Ministry of Disaster Management and WFP jointly organized Simex – a ‘Simulation Exercise’.…

USAID-supported programme will provide opportunity to link community, district and national level actions for peace 20 December 2016 – Amman: Generations For Peace has launched a peace-building programme with the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, supported…

Highlights Emergency response to the victims of cyclone Roanu, using the Government’s social safety net ‘Divineguma’ for cash-based transfers for the first time, successfully concluded. Lessons learnt workshop was conducted to pave the way forward for a joint…

The National Action Plan to address Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) was officially launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Colombo today. The National Action Plan, developed…