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COLOMBO, July 5, 2021—A consignment of Pfizer vaccines today arrived in Colombo, the first batch of 800,000 doses to be delivered in the next few weeks. A total of five million vaccines financed through the World…
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FR-2021-000067-LKA A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster On 20 May 2021, cargo ship “X-PRESS PEARL with 1,486 containers onboard carrying dangerous cargo; 25 tonnes of nitric acid, caustic soda, solid sodium methoxide solution, cosmetics, methanol and vinyl acetate…
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UN and UNDP in Sri Lanka supports South-West Monsoon relief efforts through the procurement of health and safety kits for first responders Colombo, Sri Lanka, 22 June 2021: In support to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC)’s immediate…
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1 July 2021 After eleven years, War Child is handing over its programmes in Sri Lanka to local partners. The decision is marked by the closure of the Sri Lanka Country Office today and will see key…
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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…
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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…
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The three-decade-long civil conflict in Sri Lanka left 2,061 km² of land in both the Northern and Eastern provinces widely contaminated with landmines and unexploded bombs. Over a decade after the fighting ended, Sri Lanka is…
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Team to work with the Marine Environment Protection Authority and other government agencies Colombo, 19th June 2021: A UN team of oil spill and chemical experts, provided by the European Union (EU), is working with the Sri…
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17 June 2021, COLOMBO: To support the Government’s immediate response to the MV X-Press Pearl wreck off the coast of Sri Lanka, the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Japanese Embassy in the country, Mr. KITAMURA Toshihiro,…
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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…
