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KEY HIGHLIGHTS Overall inflation continued to increase to 45.3% in May from 33.8% in April. Food inflation increased to 58% compared with May 2021 and up by +10.7% from April 2022. Non-food inflation...

OVERVIEW OF THE CRISIS Sri Lanka is experiencing a multidimensional crisis, compounded by food insecurity, threatened livelihoods, shortage of essential medical items and rising protection concerns. ...

In Numbers 45 percent of women of reproductive age group are overweight or obese; (Demographic and Health Survey, Sri Lanka, 2016). 33 percent of pregnant and nursing women are anaemic (WFP). ...

COLOMBO, 28 June 2022 - All schools in Sri Lanka’s Colombo region and in other major cities across the country have closed for two weeks after a nationwide fuel shortage prompted the government to...

The second batch of the consignment of humanitarian assistance from the people of India to the people of Sri Lanka arrived in Colombo on 24 th June 2022. The vessel MV VTC SUN arrived with a...

In Numbers 5.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance 4.9 million people food insecure 1.7 million people targeted in the Humanitarian Needs and Priorities Plan June-September 2022 Source:...

Media Contact: Diana Oberoi +1.202.286.1421 (O) FAIRFIELD, Conn. (June 21, 2022) — Sri Lankan authorities announced over the weekend that State and government-approved private schools across Colombo...

Press Release For Immediate Release Tuesday, June 21, 2022 Today, USAID announced $11.75 million in new assistance to support Sri Lankans who are enduring a food security and economic crisis. In a...

BANGKOK/COLOMBO – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed an AUD 22 million (US 15 million) contribution from the Government of Australia to help millions of Sri Lankans who are unable...

QUOTE Responding to media reports that the government is currently in conversations with a range of lenders regarding its debt obligations and announcement of austerity measures amidst a serious...

Australia will provide $50 million in Official Development Assistance to support Sri Lanka meet urgent food and healthcare needs. Sri Lanka currently faces its worst economic crisis in seventy years,...

COLOMBO -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today began distributing food vouchers to pregnant women in underserved districts of Colombo, marking the start of WFP's emergency response in...

The peak body for Australian aid organisations and humanitarian agencies is calling on the Australian government to urgently boost humanitarian aid towards Sri Lanka, to help address the economic...

In Numbers 5.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance 4.9 million people food insecure 1.7 million people targeted in the Humanitarian Needs and Priorities Plan June-September 2022 Source:...

CRISIS OVERVIEW Sri Lanka faces an economic crisis partly resulting from its twin deficit economy. A twin economy indicates that its domestic expenditure exceeds its national income, making it prone...

COLOMBO/KATHMANDU/GENEVA, 10 JUNE 2022 – The debilitating crisis in Sri Lanka has left nearly half of the children in the country in need of some form of humanitarian assistance. The UN has launched...

HIGHLIGHTS Children are disproportionately affected by the rapidly unfolding economic crisis in Sri Lanka. Rising food and fuel prices, along with frequent power cuts, shortages of life-saving...

That’s what World Vision Lanka has been through 2021 as we continued to serve the most vulnerable children and their families. Here is a glimpse of our work in 2021 that was fulfilled because of the...

Colombo, 9 June 2022: The United Nations team in Sri Lanka and non-governmental organisations launched a joint Humanitarian Needs and Priorities (HNP) Plan today, calling for US$47.2 million to...

Sri Lanka is experiencing a multidimensional crisis, compounded by food insecurity, threatened livelihoods, shortage of essential medical items and rising protection concerns. The significant...