Top exporters are trading less of the staple food, hurting countries that rely on imports. By David Montero | Correspondent Asia, home to many of the world's top rice suppliers, accounts for 76...
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Sri Lanka: Floods - Dec 2007 Updates
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Sri Lanka: Snakes and Ladders
COLOMBO, 16 April 2008 (IRIN) - Disaster management experts in Sri Lanka have found a novel use for the snakes and ladders board game - training children in disaster mitigation. The snakes represent...
Sri Lanka: MoH provides mosquito nets to Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu
Malaria Control campaign of the Ministry of Health (MoH) has provided 50,000 especially medicated mosquito nets to families in Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts. Followed by monsoon rains...
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South Asia: Appeal No. MAA52001 Final Report 2006-2007
This report covers the period 01/01/06 to 31/12/07 of a two-year planning and appeal process. In brief Programme summary: Good progress was made over the two years in the areas of increased...
Sri Lanka to import rice to prevent shortage
COLOMBO, Apr 3, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX) The Sri Lanka government said Thursday that it has immediate plans to import rice from India, Pakistan and Myanmar to prevent shortage of rice in the local...
Sri Lanka: Variable rains and flooding impact on rice harvest
COLOMBO, 1 April 2008 (IRIN) - Changing rainfall patterns in Sri Lanka have prompted later paddy planting by farmers and affected the country's overall rice yield, government officials said. ...
Lutheran World Relief responds to Sri Lanka flooding
Baltimore, March 28, 2008 - Lutheran World Relief is providing emergency food rations to approximately 200 children under the age of 6 who have been displaced from their homes by recent torrential...
Sri Lanka: Mannar District - Area affected by floods (as of 17 Mar 2008)
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Sri Lanka: Ampara district - Area affected by floods (as of 18 Mar 2008)
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Sri Lanka: Batticaloa district - Area affected by floods (as of 18 Mar 2008)
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Sri Lanka: Ground View Feb 2008
Paddy @ 20/= Rice @ 60/= what is the mystery? Can we keep both the Farmer and the Housewife happy? By Karunarathna Gamage It is hardly a secret that the rapidly increasing price of rice has now...
Sri Lanka: Funds released by Ministry of Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services since January 2008 up to date
During the year 2008 (from January upto date), Ministry of Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services has released funds to relevant Districts Secretaries to assist people affected by natural...
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Health action in crises - annual report 2007
This year, three key developments have influenced WHO's emergency work: 1) the increasing demands from Member States to strengthen WHO's emergency response operations; 2) the implementation of the...
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Health Action in Crises - Highlights No. 191 - 14 to 20 Jan 2008
Each week, the World Health Organization Health Action in Crises in Geneva produces information highlights on critical health-related activities in countries where there are humanitarian crises...
Sri Lanka flood response
One month on, Muslim Aid's Sri Lanka Field Office continued to assist the survivors of recent floods in eastern Sri Lanka. The floods hit the eastern, northern and north-central parts of the country...
Branch disaster response teams put to the test in Sri Lanka
By Patrick Fuller, International Federation Communications Coordinator in Sri Lanka. Flooding in Sri Lanka is a perennial event. Each year weather related hazards such as floods, landslides and...
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More than 70,000 children affected by floods in Eastern Sri Lanka
Five days' torrential rain in Ampara and Batticaloa districts of Sri Lankahas led to over 28,000 people fleeing their homes to avoid the deluge. Save the Children is already responding to families...
Floods displace more than 30,000 in east Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Monsoon flooding has forced more than 30,000 people in eastern Sri Lanka from their homes, with many taking refuge in temporary shelters like huts, schools and mosques,...
Sri Lanka: Batticaloa District - Area Affected by Floods (as of 10 Jan 2008)
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Sri Lanka: Over 40,000 families displaced by floods
Over 40,000 families have been displaced due to continuous rains in the Ampara district since Saturday. They have been housed in places of worship and schools and provided with cooked food. "The...