Reports

In Numbers 37 percent of households are food insecure (November 2022) Nearly 1.8 million people have received WFP assistance since the start of the emergency response in June 2022. Highlights To date, 1,470 mt of rice provided by WFP has…

Salesian Missions works with Rise Against Hunger to help address severe food shortages (MissionNewswire) Don Bosco Development Center in Dungalpitiya, a municipality in the city of Negombo, Sri Lanka, received 2,640 boxes of rice-meals for distribution…

Highlights • The revised UN Humanitarian Needs and Priorities estimated 7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance due to the economic crisis. Essential services for children such as health, nutrition, education have been severely impacted by shortages…

In Numbers US$4.5 million in cash and vouchers distributed US$3.12 million six-month (January 2023 – June 2023) net funding requirements 873,962 people assisted in December 2022 Situation Updates • In the face of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, food insecurity remains at concerning…

Date: 20th January 2023 Time: 9.30am -11.00am Venue: Virtual & In Person (WFP conference room, Jawatte Avenue, Colombo 5) Participant introduction to the forum (7 in person & 8 online) 1 . UNOPS & partner crisis response: grassroots engagement; beneficiary…

The current situation warrants intervention in the short and medium term to address the threat to people’s essential needs, especially the poor and marginalized. As implementing agencies use Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) to deliver humanitarian…

The Operational Strategy, developed in June 2022, targeted 500,000 people covering the livelihoods, multipurpose cash (MPC), health; water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); education; Protection, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI); migration and displacement, risk reduction, climate adaptation and recovery,…

This report is produced by the OCHA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) on behalf of the Sri Lanka InterSector Coordination Group (ISCG). The updates below cover activities carried out between 17 December 2022…

In Numbers 37 percent of households are food-insecure (November 2022)1 3.4 million people are being prioritized to receive emergency assistance from WFP: -1.4 million people through unconditional transfers -1 million students through school meals -1 million pregnant women and children under…

Highlights Markets are functional. While there remain variations from market to market, Sri Lanka’s markets currently have a wide range of products, adequate physical availability of essential goods, a resilient supply chain and sufficient levels of hygiene…