Reports

STORY HIGHLIGHTS The World Bank reallocated $56 million from ongoing projects into a Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) Pool funding, an emergency response mechanism New mechanism established to provide funding for COVID-19 affected sectors including agriculture, education, ICT,…

Highlights The surge in the deadly Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) created a dire humanitarian situation across South Asia particularly overwhelming the health systems for several weeks since early March 2021. The COVID-19 has severely disrupted the socio-economic…

COLOMBO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is supporting the Government of Sri Lanka with food items and funding to provide school children with take-home rations in lieu of in-school meals. With WFP’s assistance, the…

Summary of major revisions made to emergency plan of action: Southwest monsoon rainy season continued with low rainfall since the DREF allocation without significant impact after the initial flooding on 14-16 May 2021. However, the intensity of…

All Salesian institutions in Sri Lanka have been mobilizing to deliver assistance and supplies Don Bosco Sri Lanka is reaching vulnerable communities with food aid, health and hygiene kits, awareness campaigns, and other initiatives to help those…

Rome, 15 June 2021 – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) together with the Government of Sri Lanka last week signed a financial agreement to launch the Smallholder Agribusiness and Resilience Project (SARP). The project…

84 Divisions in 10 Districts affected 245,212 People affected 19,055 People in 72 safety centers 831 Houses Damaged 14 deaths, 02 missing HIGHLIGHTS Due to activation of South-West monsoon winds, very heavy rains were received from 02nd June till 5th June and…

In Numbers 45 percent of women of reproductive age group are overweight or obese; 33 percent of pregnant and lactating women are anaemic (Demographic and Health Survey, Sri Lanka, 2016). The scaling up of the Home-Grown School Feeding…

Key Highlights and Recommendations Considerable rainfall distribution was observed during the North-East monsoon period and meteorological observation shows that above-normal rainfall in the northern region. The harvest of paddy and other food crops in “Maha” cropping season 2020/2021…

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster The southwest monsoon and activation of a depression which was later developed to tropical cyclone “Tauktae” over the southeast Arabian sea triggered heavy rainfall in Sri Lanka from 12 to 14…