Rapports

Up to 400,000 children in Sri Lanka are now facing a food crisis caused by the devastating floods, Save the Children warned today as it launched £1 million appeal to help those in worst-hit areas in the east of…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) supports the Jaffna Teaching Hospital to restore tertiary level medical functions under a 2,298 million Japanese Yen (approximately LKR 2,900 million) grant, by improving facilities and equipment and also by…

Contact: Cynthia Price, 804-756-2722 Richmond, Va. - Jan. 20, 2011 - ChildFund is assisting children and families in Sri Lanka following flash floods resulting from ongoing heavy rains. Over 1 million people have been affected with, at the peak of…

I. Highlights/Key Priorities - From 13 January the flood waters began to recede and many people have returned to their homes. The number of people in temporary flood displacement centres has declined by 66% from 51,423 persons to 17,413 over…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The heaviest rains in almost one hundred years hit Sri Lanka from 26 December 2010 onwards, causing devastating floods and landslides throughout the country. The floods followed two cycles of flash flooding in the capital city of Colombo…

Colombo, Sri Lanka (18th January 2011) Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB) is currently providing emergency assistance in rapid response to the grave flooding situation that has affected a total of 1,000,000 people in the Eastern, North and Central Provinces of Sri Lanka. Torrential…

HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES - Rains have remained moderate over the past 24 hours and flood waters are beginning to recede in some areas. According to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), as of 16 January 09:00hrs, a total 1,079,842 persons have been…

COLOMBO, 14 January 2011 - A second consignment of UNICEF supplies arrived in the flood-affected eastern part of Sri Lanka today. These supplies are 4,961 hygiene kits (washing kits to last a family of five a month including towels, soap, toothpaste,…

In late 2010, over 320,000 people who had fled their homes due to the armed conflict before and after 2008 were estimated to remain internally displaced in Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, over 190,000 IDPs had returned to their homes, but…

I. HIGHLIGHTS / KEY PRIORITIES - Since 13 January rains have diminished or stopped in most areas of the country. In Ampara, Light rain has fallen periodically throughout the day. - According to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), as of 14…