NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society was established in 1936 and admitted to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in 1952. It has been...
HIGHLIGHTS An acute economic crisis since early 2022 has caused severe food insecurity in Sri Lanka, and the situation is predicted to deteriorate between October 2022 and February 2023. An estimated...
NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society was established in 1936 and has been operating a range of humanitarian services for the last eight decades. Formed as the Ceylon Central...
Situation Overview The crisis in Sri Lanka has resulted in food insecurity, threatened livelihoods, shortage of essential medical items, and rising protection concerns. Sri Lanka continues to...
Context Sri Lanka is witnessing an unprecedented financial and economic crisis, and the situation is exacerbated by political and social turmoil. The multidimensional crisis is rapidly reversing...
Amidst debilitating power shortages and a lack of critical supplies, equipment and medicine, the country's once robust healthcare system is now teetering on the edge of collapse.
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...
Sri Lanka is experiencing a multidimensional crisis, compounded by food insecurity, threatened livelihoods, shortage of essential medical items and rising protection concerns. The significant...
SITUATION OVERVIEW An economic crisis and a ban on synthetic fertiliser in Sri Lanka, which has been developing since March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, has sparked civil unrest and food...
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HIGHLIGHTS South Asia is facing a vicious cycle of cascading risks due to the rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as well as disasters such as cyclone and monsoon floods, which...
This Revised Emergency Appeal seeks a total of 2,060,682 Swiss francs (no change to the initial budget) to enable the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to...
Summary of major changes (from initial emergency plan of action): • The appeal budget has been reduced from CHF 3,622,689 to CHF 1,604,185, to match the total income. • Permanent shelter components...
This Revised Emergency Appeal seeks 1,604,185 Swiss francs (decreased from 3,622,689 Swiss francs) to enable the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to support the...
Situation Overview On 25 and 26 May, incessant heavy rainfall brought by the southwest monsoon triggered flooding and landslides in 15 of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka. As of 31 May (18:00,...
This Emergency Appeal seeks 2,060,682 Swiss francs to enable the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to support the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) in...
This Emergency Appeal seeks 3,622,689 Swiss francs (CHF) to enable the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to support the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) in...
This revised Emergency Appeal (n° 3) seeks a total of CHF 17,074,842 (reduced from CHF 23.3m) to enable the IFRC to support the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) to deliver assistance and support...
This revised Emergency Appeal is being revised from CHF 1,070,504 to CHF 186,642 in cash, kind, or services to support the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) to assist 20,000 drought affected...
Preliminary Appeal Target: US$163,204 Geneva, 13 February 2013 Dear Colleagues, Heavy rains have been falling in parts of Sri Lanka since 18 December 2012, causing flash floods, landslides and...
GLIDE n° DR-2012-000177-LKA 2 November 2012 This Emergency Appeal seeks CHF 1,070,504 in cash, kind, or services to support the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) to assist 20,000 drought affected families (some 125,000 people) for 18 months. The operation will be completed by 28 April 2014. A...
