Growing Threats to Food Security and Human Health in South Asia Challenges World Leaders at World Summit on Sustainable Development London/Nairobi, 12 August 2002 A vast blanket of pollution...
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Growing Threats to Food Security and Human Health in South Asia Challenges World Leaders at World Summit on Sustainable Development London/Nairobi, 12 August 2002 A vast blanket of pollution...
Colombo (dpa) - Sri Lanka is facing an economic crisis and has to borrow to repay state debts, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Thursday. Responding to increasing protests from opposition...
Many families in southern Sri Lanka are being forced to eat tree leaves as a substitute for vegetables, along with meagre rice rations, to survive. Three successive years of drought have again led to...
THIS APPEAL SEEKS CHF 2,457,000 IN CASH, KIND AND SERVICES TO ASSIST 18,000 BENEFICIARIES (3, 000 families) FOR 9 MONTHS The Situation Two and a half years of severe drought in Southern Sri Lanka's...
By Bijoy Patro in Hambantota, Sri Lanka Over a three day period in May, 50 Sri Lanka Red Cross volunteers, accompanied by delegates from the Federation and the Spanish Red Cross undertook a three day...
Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) Allocated: 0 This Information Bulletin is being issued based on the needs described below reflecting the information available at this time. Two assessments in...
The people of Sri Lanka's south have finally had enough rain to wet the parched land. But the people still stand by the roadside waiting for the World Vision Bowser to come to their villagers ...
COLOMBO, May 1, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Sri Lanka will achieve a 3.7 percent economic growth rate this year after it suffered a negative 1.4 percent rate last year, the lowest since the country's...
COLOMBO, Apr 23, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The five-hour power cut imposed in Sri Lanka has been reduced to two hours from Monday to Saturday and only one hour on Sundays, according to Power and...
News Release No. 051/02 MANILA, PHILIPPINES (9 April 2002) - With improvements in the global economy, Sri Lanka's economy is forecast to grow by 3.5 percent in 2002 and 5.5 percent in 2003, compared...
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This report includes: (A) Eastern and Southern Africa Region: (1) Regional overview, (2) Zimbabwe (B) Central Africa Region: (1) Angola, (2) Democratic Republic of Congo (C) West Africa Region: (1)...
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Rome, February 2002, No. 1 Highlight Global cereal output in 2001 is provisionally estimated at 1 880 million tonnes (including rice in milled terms), slightly up from the forecast in December and...
This Ops Update is intended for reporting on emergency appeals. Launched on 13 August 2001 for CHF 1,258,427 for 6 months. Budget was revised in October to CHF 495,307 to cover the same original 6...
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz has ordered the Saudi Red Crescent Society to extend urgent relief assistance to Sri Lanka, including 100 tons of foodstuffs to be...
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This Programme Update is intended for reporting on Annual Appeals. Appeal Target CHF 2,414,190 Period covered: 1 July to 31 December (last Programme Update issued Programme Update no. 1, issued 13...
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The winter storms that have pounded the southeastern part of the United States have left homes currently under construction or rehabilitation in North Carolina without electricity. Electricity is...
This Programme Update is intended for reporting on Annual Appeals. Appeal Target CHF 1,016,169 Period covered: I July-31 December Last Programme Update issued 06 July 2001 "At a Glance" Appeal...
Launched on lath August 2001 for CHF 1,258,427 for 6 months. Budget was revised in October to CHF 495,307 to cover the same original 6 months period. DREF Allocated: CHF 100, 000 Beneficiaries: The...
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Power of humanity The International Federation 's collective mission 'to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilising the power of humanity ' is an ambitious goal, but one rarely more needed...
COLOMBO, Nov 28, 2001 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has approved 400,000 U.S. dollars to provide agricultural and horticultural inputs to drought affected...