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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 6.3 million people are food-insecure. This is likely to deteriorate as the crisis unfolds. 6.7 million people are not consuming acceptable diets. 3.4 million people are prioritized to...

COLOMBO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a critical contribution of NOK 5 million (approximately Rs 189 million, or US $500,000) from the Government of Norway to support...

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Highlights: Sri Lanka is enduring a major economic, energy and political crisis with millions of citizens in desperate need of assistance. All children in Sri Lanka are at the heart of the crisis due...

When Ruchika found out she was pregnant with her second child in October last year she felt confident that she knew what to expect. Nine months later, she spent the day before her delivery in a fuel...

On 28th July 2022, 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...

In Numbers 6.3 million people are food-insecure. This is likely to deteriorate as the crisis unfolds. 6.7 million people are not consuming acceptable diets. 3.4 million people are planned to be...

The World Bank Group is deeply concerned about the dire economic situation and its impact on the people of Sri Lanka. To help alleviate severe shortages of essential items such as medicines, cooking...

KEY HIGHLIGHTS ✓ Overall inflation continued to increase to 58.9% in June from 45.3% in May. ✓ Food inflation reached record highs of 75.8% compared with the previous month and up by +14.2% from May...

COLOMBO, 28 July 2022 – Nearly one in three parents in Sri Lanka have noticed negative changes in their children’s behaviour in the last 6 months as the country headed into economic collapse,...