Reports

At the request of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Kuwait, the Kuwait Humanitarian and Friendship Society (KHFS) has donated urgently required medical items worth USD 10,000 to Sri Lanka to help the Government maintain lifesaving…

In Numbers 3 in 10 households (6.26 million people) are food insecure, of which 65,600 are severely food insecure 200,000 households are using emergency livelihood coping strategies 3 million people targeted by WFP to receive emergency food, nutrition, and…

COLOMBO, 6 July, 2022 –More than two in three families in Sri Lanka do not have enough to eat, according to a survey by Save the Children, which warned the country’s economic crisis is rapidly becoming…

The Government of Japan provided a total sum of US$ 681,812 (approx. Rs. 244 million) through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) to Delvon Assistance for Social Harmony (DASH) for humanitarian demining activities…

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1. Background The Humanitarian Needs and Priorities (HNP) plan was launched by the Humanitarian Country Team on 10 June 2022 to support the affected people. The overall objective of the Information Management and Analysis Working Group (IMAWG)…

TIMELINE March 2022: Civil society protests erupted across the country. Hundreds of protestors gathered around the president’s residence demanding his resignation and that of his government. More than 50 people were injured and hospitalised. 1 April 2022: The…

Highlights • WFP has distributed 80 percent of the first 2,375 vouchers to pregnant women. WFP aims to reach 100 percent of targeted beneficiaries by the end of the week. • WFP and FAO began an in-country mission…

KEY HIGHLIGHTS Overall inflation continued to increase to 45.3% in May from 33.8% in April. Food inflation increased to 58% compared with May 2021 and up by +10.7% from April 2022. Non-food inflation increased to 34.2% from 23.9%…

OVERVIEW OF THE CRISIS Sri Lanka is experiencing a multidimensional crisis, compounded by food insecurity, threatened livelihoods, shortage of essential medical items and rising protection concerns. Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since independence. Concurrent challenges…