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An estimated 17 percent of the population is in moderate acute food insecurity in Sri Lanka, especially in the Northern, Eastern and Central Provinces, indicating an improvement compared to 2022. COLOMBO: Food security in Sri Lanka is improving across all provinces, according to the Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) report jointly carried out in February/March 2023 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WF...

According to a Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission report by U.N.’s World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation, nearly 30 percent of the Sri Lankan population is currently facing food insecurity. Through ongoing initiatives, as well as new funding and food shipments, the United States is working with the Government of […]

COLOMBO – The first tranche of food assistance pledged by the Government of Japan earlier this year has been provided through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to Sri Lanka, where more than 6 million people – nearly 30 percent of the population, are facing a worsening food crisis.

As the economic crisis in Sri Lanka deepens, UNICEF and Rotary International are partnering to deliver lifesaving medicines, clean drinking water, education materials, and other critical supplies to children and families in the country. The partnership will capitalize on Rotary International‘s global network along with the alumni of Sri Lanka’s leading schools to raise funds...

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In response to the ongoing economic crisis in the country, the Government of Japan today handed over the first consignment of a total donation of USD 1.5 million value of medicines being procured through UNICEF to address the severe shortage of medicines in hospitals and clinics in the country. The vital assistance will be used...

1.5 million Moderna doses arrive from US Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) A chartered plane arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday with more than 1.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility. © Xinhua News Agency.All Rights Reserved People get their COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 15, 2021. Sri Lankas health authorities on Wednesday administered the highest number of COVID-19 vaccines in a single day with nearly 400,000 ...

Japan, UNICEF provide cold chain equipment to boost immunization services Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) The Ministry of Health has received the first batch of cold chain equipment procured by UNICEF with funding from the Government of Japan to strengthen Sri Lanka’s delivery of immunization services, including against COVID-19. Five hundred vaccine carriers were handed over by Ms. Emma Brigham, UNICEF Sri Lanka Representative, a.i and SUGIYAMA Akira, Ambassador of Japan to Sr...