This report covers the period 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011

Period covered by this Ops Update: 1 August 2011 - 30 November 2011

Appeal target (current): CHF 4.62 million

Appeal coverage: Including soft pledges, this appeal is 51 per cent covered. Funds are still needed to enable the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society to meet the needs of the most vulnerable flood-affected families.

Appeal history:

Persons with Disabilities Forced to Live Under Difficult Circumstances Due to the Civil War and Floods

From the end of 2010 to the beginning of 2011, approximately 1,000,000 people have been affected by the massive flooding in eastern Sri Lanka. AAR JAPAN dispatched an emergency support team from its Tokyo Headquarters office and distributed food and essential non-food items to a total of approximately 1,600 families.

How can emergency response be delivered in a more conflict-sensitive manner? To what extent should this be a priority for the sector? What practical tools and approaches have aid agencies used to better understand their contexts of intervention and minimize conflict risks?

As these issues become increasingly prominent in regions of the world as diverse as the Horn of Africa, Afghanistan and Libya, Network Paper 70 offers insights to these pressing questions.

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

28 Sep 2011 14:36 Source: Alertnet // Amantha Perera

By Amantha Perera

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AlertNet) - Eight months back, Ponnambalam Thanesvaran was not only using a boat to get to work, but wearing a life-jacket for fear of being swept away by raging flood waters.

On two occasions in January and February, Thanesvaran, a government agent for Verugal Division - a remote area in eastern Sri Lanka – found himself surrounded by flood waters for close to two weeks, along with his staff and the small population he served as the top public official.

Period covered by this Ops Update: 14 January 2011 – 31 July 2011

Appeal target (current): CHF 4.62 million

Appeal coverage: 51 per cent. Funds are still needed to enable the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society to meet the needs of most vulnerable flood-affected families.

Appeal history:

• This emergency appeal was revised on 26 January 2011 for CHF 4.62 million for 12 months to assist up to 75,000 people (15,000 families) affected by the floods.

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

In spite of the official paddy production forecast for Yala 2011 at a record level, the aggregate annual 2011 output expected to be lower than in 2010.

Improved rice production forecast of the secondary season leads to declining prices in many market.

Over 1 million people were affected by the floods earlier in the year in the east and central part of the country and require humanitarian assistance

INTRODUCTION

Humanitarian country teams in each crisis with a consolidated appeal (or comparable concerted action plan) have completed their mid-year reviews, compiling information on outputs to date compared to the targets stated in their plans for 2011, analyzing key humanitarian indicators and trends, re-calibrating their strategies and re-validating the detailed operational plans and funding requests. This document summarizes trends, innovations, and (in the second part) each country’s mid-year review.