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SUMMARY This report is the result of a household spending survey conducted within the framework of a USAID-funded Cash-for-Work (CFW) project. The project was implemented by the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) and People in…

Executive Summary The World Food Programme (WFP) in collaboration with partners (Government, UN Agencies and NGOs) undertook a food security assessment in Ampara District in May 2009. The main objective of this assessment was to identify the progress of the recovery…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In April 2009, The United Nations World food Programme in collaboration with the Government, UN agencies and NGOs conducted an Emergency Food Security Assessment in Baticalloa District. The assessment focused in areas where populations that were affected by the…

1. INTRODUCTION The objective of this report is to publish the preliminary findings of the Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey (SLDHS) until the release of the Final Report which will carry detailed information. The preliminary findings reported here are…

Background The families living in Jaffna's Welfare Centres are categorized as long-term displaced, with the earliest displacement taking place in 1983, and families first arriving in the Welfare Centres in 1984. Since then, most of their 'places of origin' were…

Overview 1. The last three days of conflict in the town of Muttur between the Security Forces (SF) of the government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and the LTTE prompted a mass exodus of people from Muttur by foot amidst severe…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 26 December 2004, two hours after the first earthquake occurred, the Tsunami waves struck two-thirds of the coastline of Sri Lanka (more than 1,000 km). The waves penetrated inland areas up to 500 meters in many places,…

Introduction: On Sunday, December 26th morning tsunamis triggered by massive earthquakes in the Sumatra and Nicobar regions, plunged Sri Lanka into crisis. These waves initially lashed the Eastern coast and subsequently hit many areas of the Southern and Western coasts…

RAPID SITUATION AND INITIAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT (RSINA) FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GoSL) AND UNDP/OCHA IN TSUNAMI AFFECTED DISTRICT AMPARA PART 1 – SITUATION ASSESSMENT Undertaken during 29-30 December 04, in consultation with Government Agent (GA), Ampara, by: I.…

Highlights There has been a significant reduction in the cultivated area of both irrigated as well as rainfed crops for 2004 Yala season due to the failure of the rains. The drought situation was much worse than the forecast by…