Informes

Highlights The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and WFP signed a three-year agreement to roll out activities that improves food security, nutrition and resilience to climate-related shocks in nine disaster-prone districts of Sri Lanka. WFP is monitoring the…

Sri Lanka is literally baking these days. During the first week of October, the Metrological Department reported that maximum daytime temperatures in some parts of the country were between 5 to 2C above average. They hit 38.3C…

Highlight The National Strategic Review of Food Security and Nutrition towards Zero Hunger, supported by WFP and led by Madam Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, the former president of Sri Lanka (1994-2005) was inaugurated. WFP successfully provided cash assistance to…

COLOMBO –The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday signed a three-year agreement to roll out a set of activities which will improve food security, nutrition and resilience to…

Highlight The WFP emergency operation (EMOP 200990) provided assistance to 6,651 households affected by Cyclone Roanu, while continuing to provide technical support in scaling up the Government’s social safety net scheme, Divineguma, for future use in emergencies. Due…

Highlight WFP and the Government of Sri Lanka signed a Letter of Understanding to provide food assistance to victims of Cyclone Roanu through cash-based transfers using the Devineguma Community Based Banking Network. Current funding is sufficient to secure…

Highlight WFP launched an emergency operation (EMOP 200990) in response to tropical cyclone Rauno that caused widespread floods and landslides affecting 340,000 people. The EMOP urgently requires USD 1.3 million. Due to limited funding, assistance has been limited to…

By : SLRCS-Kegalle From 17.05.2016 onwards Situational overview Due to heavy rainfall which occurred throughout the month of May, a major landslide took place on 17.05.2016 at mountain called “Samasara”, located in Aranayake, Kegalle District in Sri Lanka. As per…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Unfavourable weather hampered planting of 2016 secondary season paddy Rice imports forecast to fall in 2016 Rice prices stable, those of wheat flour increasing Floods in May affected large numbers of people Unfavourable weather hampered planting of 2016…

Mudslides, endless raining and innumerable destroyed houses: this May Sri Lanka had once more to face heavy floods, which caused acute emergency for hundreds of thousands of people. While some of the victims only lost parts…