The World Bank has moved quickly to help protect the people of Sri Lanka—particularly the poor and vulnerable—from the worst impacts of the economic crisis. The World Bank’s crisis response is...
Urgently Address Social Safety Net, Taxation, High-Level Corruption (New York) – Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is driving millions of people into poverty, jeopardizing their rights to health,...
Chartered vessel heading towards Horn of Africa marks a milestone as the World Food Programme fights famine amid a global food crisis The first shipment of Ukraine grain for World Food Programme...
A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the crisis Sri Lanka is experiencing its worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948, which has deeply impacted the well-being of its population...
The GHO 2022, launched on 2 December 2021, required $41 billion to assist 194 million of the 296 million people in need in 69 countries. Since then, needs and requirements have grown to $46.7 B to...
GENEVA (8 August 2022) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the extensive, prolonged and repeated use of state of emergency measures since 2 April 2022 by Sri Lankan authorities to crackdown on...
Ranil Wickremesinghe Needs to End Crackdown, Address Economic Crisis (New York) – Sri Lanka’s new president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, should ensure that his administration adopts measures to protect the...
Appeal for USD 10.7 million to meet urgent needs of women and girls in Sri Lanka Bangkok / Colombo / New York, 8 August 2022 – UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, has...
This report is produced by the OCHA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) on behalf of the ISCG. The updates below cover activities carried out between 16 and 29 July 2022 and provide an...
In Numbers Highlights WFP’s cash-based transfers are due to start in Galle, Mullaitivu, and Nuwara Eliya districts, followed by Ampara, Colombo, Jaffna, Kurunegala, Mannar, Monaragala, and Vavuniya...