Rapports

Relief to flood affected LKA111 Appeal Target: US$ 235,153 Balance Requested: US$132,608 Geneva, 8 April 2011 Dear Colleagues, As of 26 December 2010 a persistent depression over the Bay of Bengal brought heavy rains which have resulted in floods, land slides…

Introduction Upon achieving independence from the United Kingdom, the country of Ceylon became a member nation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1948 and development support to Ceylon’s agriculture and livestock…

COLOMBO, 30 March 2011 (IRIN) - Thousands of older returnees to Sri Lanka's conflict-affected north feel marginalized and need medical care, experts say. "There are hardly any programmes to help these people," said Samantha Liyanawaduge, executive director of Help Age Sri…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The accumulation of heavy rains from December 2010 that caused devastating damage to districts throughout Eastern, Northern and North-Central Sri Lanka through mid-January 2011 was further exacerbated by heavy rainfall from 30 January 2011. The geographic coverage and magnitude of…

RC Sri Lanka/Vaani Kulasegaram Gunathilake (24.03.2011) The Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the NRC Country Director visited some of the many families that were displaced by the floods, and inspected the construction of new shelters. Thousands were displaced temporarily and hundreds…

This report is produced by OCHA in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It was issued by OCHA Colombo. It covers the period from 26 February to 22 March 2011. I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES - With rains abating since the beginning of March, agencies…

Colombo, March 9, 2011:The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the development agency of the U.S. Government, is pleased to announce a new donation of $4,200,000 (approximately 462 million Sri Lanka Rupees) of food…

Period covered by this operations update: 11 October 2010 to 12 January 2011 Appeal target (current): CHF 3,604,299 (USD 3.4 million or EUR 2.5 million) Appeal coverage: With contributions received to date, including pledges in the pipeline, the…

KEY DEVELOPMENTS =B7 Two waves of flooding displaced more than 600,000 people in January and February, with Batticaloa, Trincomalee, and Ampara districts in Eastern Province and Vavuniya, Mullaitivu, and Mannar districts in Northern Province the most affected. By…

Operation Update No. 04: 09 February - 28 February 2011 Torrential rain again poured to North Central, Central & East areas of the country in first 14 days of February affecting over a million people and displacing many. Further significant damage…