Reports

Thousands of children in the North and East have benefitted from the programmes intended to uplift the educational sector of the former theatre of conflict. Under the educational scholarship programme for schoolchildren the Sri Lanka Army…

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development recently signed Memoranda of Understanding with two non-state vocational training institutes, the Don Bosco Technical Training Center and ORHAN (Organisation for the Rehabilitation of Handicapped) to facilitate…

Summary This Lessons Learned review was undertaken in order to detail and analyze Sri Lanka’s experience in providing emergency education through the war and after the tsunami and identify key lessons that may be useful for future…

By Mahieash Johnney, IFRC Sri Lanka Following the 2012 dengue epidemic across the country, the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society started a dengue response and prevention project in the 12 most-affected districts. The National Society is reaching…

The Government of Japan has announced that it is providing funding amounting to US$ 3,678,178 (Japanese Yen377,000,000) through the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) for the rehabilitation of community infrastructure, livelihood improvement and women’s empowerment…

By Amantha Perera COLOMBO, Feb 12 2014 (IPS) - Sri Lanka’s war-battered Northern Province had reason to celebrate when the results of a countrywide exam were announced last December. Of the 16,604 students from the province who…

by Christy Martin, Community Liaison Manager, MAG Sri Lanka Puthukudiyiruppu East village is in the Mullaitivu district of northern Sri Lanka, where the last stages of the civil war took place in May 2009. Residents fled because of…

COLOMBO, 7 February 2014 (IRIN) - Sri Lankan authorities have expressed concern over an increasing number of reports that children are dropping out of school in the conflict-affected north, where economic pressure and poor prospects are…

Highlights • More than 1 million people in Sri Lanka have been uprooted as a consequence of the conflict over the past two decades. • Years of conflict and natural disaster have exacerbated the problem of weak infrastructure,…

This document follows the organisation of the INEE Minimum Standards: the five domains and their correlating standards. The section for each standard includes the text of the original INEE Minimum Standards, and then contextualised guidance on…