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COLOMBO -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today began distributing food vouchers to pregnant women in underserved districts of Colombo, marking the start of WFP's emergency response in the country. WFP is working to…

The peak body for Australian aid organisations and humanitarian agencies is calling on the Australian government to urgently boost humanitarian aid towards Sri Lanka, to help address the economic crisis and looming food security issues there. ACFID…

In Numbers 5.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance 4.9 million people food insecure 1.7 million people targeted in the Humanitarian Needs and Priorities Plan June-September 2022 Source: Humanitarian Needs and Priorities Plan Highlights • WFP begins distributing vouchers this week…

CRISIS OVERVIEW Sri Lanka faces an economic crisis partly resulting from its twin deficit economy. A twin economy indicates that its domestic expenditure exceeds its national income, making it prone to external debt and reliance on foreign…

COLOMBO/KATHMANDU/GENEVA, 10 JUNE 2022 – The debilitating crisis in Sri Lanka has left nearly half of the children in the country in need of some form of humanitarian assistance. The UN has launched an appeal to address…

HIGHLIGHTS Children are disproportionately affected by the rapidly unfolding economic crisis in Sri Lanka. Rising food and fuel prices, along with frequent power cuts, shortages of life-saving medicine, are particularly impacting the poorest and most marginalized. More than…

That’s what World Vision Lanka has been through 2021 as we continued to serve the most vulnerable children and their families. Here is a glimpse of our work in 2021 that was fulfilled because of the dedication…

Colombo, 9 June 2022: The United Nations team in Sri Lanka and non-governmental organisations launched a joint Humanitarian Needs and Priorities (HNP) Plan today, calling for US$47.2 million to provide life-saving assistance to 1.7 million people worst-hit…

Sri Lanka is experiencing a multidimensional crisis, compounded by food insecurity, threatened livelihoods, shortage of essential medical items and rising protection concerns. The significant reduction in agricultural production in Sri Lanka, compounded by the rising prices of…

Key Highlights ▪ Overall inflation in April increased to 33.8%, up from 21.5% in March. ▪ Food inflation accelerated to 45.1% in April year-on-year, up by +10.5% from March. This was driven by increased price of rice, dhal,…