Rapports

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES - The Disaster Management Centre Report, as of 0900hrs on 25 February, indicates 1,648 individuals remain in 21 temporary evacuation sites in 5 districts. This is a reduction of approximately 5,000 since the last report 10 days…

The Government of Japan has decided to provide additional emergency grant amounting to US$ 1.2 million (around SL Rs.132 million) to Sri Lanka through international organizations including WFP, UNICEF and IFRC/SLRC for flood affected people. Accordingly WFP will receive US$…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This document is a compendium of projects aimed to respond to the priorities outlined in the Joint Plan of Assistance (JPA) to the Northern Province 2011. The JPA was developed through a consultative process led by the Government of…

Period covered by this Ops Update: 4 - 10 February 2011 Appeal target (current): CHF 4.62 million Appeal coverage: Including soft pledges, this appeal is 20 per cent covered. Funds are urgently needed to enable the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society…

Press Release No. 11/53 February 18, 2011 An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Brian Aitken visited Colombo February 9-18 to conduct discussions for the Sixth Review of the $2.5 billion Stand-By Arrangement, approved on July 24, 2009. The mission…

COLOMBO -The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a 700,000 Euros, (approximately U$ 1 million) donation from the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) to provide urgent food supplies to communities affected by recent monsoon…

I. HIGHLIGHTS / KEY PRIORITIES More displaced people continue to make their way home with the decrease in rains and in the wake of receding floodwaters in the Eastern, Northern and North?Central Provinces. Some displacement still remains mainly in the…

Executive Summary Sri Lanka started to experience very heavy precipitation in mid-November 2010. The heavy downpour, at times coupled with thunder storms, resulted in landslides and widespread flooding in most areas of the island. Diverging from normal seasonal patterns, rainfall reintensified…

By Mahieash Johnney - IFRC, Communications & Information Manager in Sri Lanka As over 1.2 million who were affected by the 3rd wave of floods that hit Northern, North Central, Eastern and Central Sri Lanka gets back to what is…