Reports

Period covered by this operations update: 13 October 2011 to 12 January 2012 Appeal target (current): CHF 6.17 million Appeal coverage: 98 per cent based on current revised appeal budget. Appeal history: This Emergency Appeal was initially launched on…

Around 98 percent of the nearly 300,000 Internally Displaced People (IDP) in the North have been resettled so far. The Minister of Resettlement Gunaratne Weerakoon told media that the resettlement process had made a commendable progress since…

By Amantha Perera COLOMBO, Jan 25, 2012 (IPS) - Experts agree that Sri Lanka's free pre and postnatal clinics across the island nation have helped bring infant mortality down to 15 per 1,000 live births and the…

This report indicates the UN and NGO partner response to continuing humanitarian needs and early recovery concerns, in support to the Sri Lankan Government’s efforts to rebuild the former conflict-affected regions. Activities show progress towards the…

Programme(s) summary Sri Lanka is at a threshold of economic growth and development. Slogans such as ‘winning the economic war’ and making the nation the wonder of Asia’ have been frequently used to describe the priority that…

COLOMBO, 20 January 2012 (IRIN) - Tea in Sri Lanka is one of the country's biggest cash crops, but families working on tea estates are among the nation's poorest in terms of earnings as well as…

Period covered by this Ops Update: 1 August 2011 - 30 November 2011 Appeal target (current): CHF 4.62 million Appeal coverage: Including soft pledges, this appeal is 51 per cent covered. Funds are still needed to enable the…

Persons with Disabilities Forced to Live Under Difficult Circumstances Due to the Civil War and Floods From the end of 2010 to the beginning of 2011, approximately 1,000,000 people have been affected by the massive flooding in…

1. Who are we? The Sri Lanka country office is part of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies‟ (IFRC) Secretariat regional team in South Asia. It is made up of four international delegates…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT The 2011 annual rice output is estimated to decline slightly from 2010, following flood damage to paddy crop in the main (Maha) season Rice prices increased slightly in November while wheat flour prices remain stable Over…