Reports

11 Jan 2011 - 18:06 The government has taken speedy measures to help the people affected by floods and land-slides with an allocation of Rs. 100 million for the welfare of the displaced and affected persons. The relief assistance programme…

I. HIGHLIGHTS / KEY PRIORITIES ? Rains continue in many parts of the island, causing floods, land and rock slides. According to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) and local authorities, as of 11 January, a total of 863,773 persons (228,078…

I. HIGHLIGHTS / KEY PRIORITIES - The Department of Meteorology informed that the North?East Monsoon has officially set in on 20 December 2010 and rains across the North, North Central, Uva and Eastern Provinces will continue until 10 January 2011. -…

Key Messages In Colombo, rice and wheat prices shot up between September and December 2010. The repatriation process of IDPs and refugees from outside the country is ongoing and will increase significantly in following months. Agencies agree that the food security situation in…

Colombo – December 31st, 2010: U.S. Ambassador Patricia A. Butenis announced a new donation from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) of $5.5 million (Rs. 610.5 million) of food aid to support the return…

KEY DEVELOPMENTS h Between August 2009 and December 2010, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that more than 325,000 individuals, or 94 percent of conflict-affected internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka, have returned to…

COLOMBO, 15 December 2010 (IRIN) - Food security in northern Sri Lanka remains fragile, according to preliminary findings by the World Food Programme (WFP). Of 1,755 households surveyed in five districts - including Mullaitivu, Vavuniya, Jaffna, Killinochi and Mannar -…

HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES * Rains that continued unabated for over a month have ceased since 11 December 2010. Forecasts however indicate more rains in weeks to come. * According to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) and local authorities, as of 15 December…

I. HIGHLIGHTS / KEY PRIORITIES h Rains continued in many parts of the island, causing floods. According to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) and local authorities, as of 10 December, a total of 164,183 persons (42,618 families). h Of the total…