US EditionBuilding Back Better? Sri Lankans Face Challenges in Recovery From Floods, Landslides
More than 272,000 remain displaced and a $35.3 million funding gap threatens recovery efforts, including urgent needs in shelter, education, and child protection.
- Cyclone struck Sri Lanka's eastern coast, triggering floods and landslides across all 25 districts and leaving nearly 1.8 million people affected, including over 272,000 displaced, IOM reports.
- Assessments found extensive damage across all nine provinces, with more than 107,000 homes damaged or destroyed and agriculture losses over $800 million, the World Bank estimated total damage at $4.1 billion.
- Education has been severely affected, with more than 1,300 schools and six universities damaged and around 500 schools serving as temporary shelters; authorities reported 643 deaths and 183 missing as of mid-December.
- This month, United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners launched a Humanitarian Priorities Plan seeking $35.3 million, while UNICEF requires $7.8 million but has received less than half as of 23 December.
- Hunger is rising, with nearly one in three households food insecure, recent rains causing floods and landslides in Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Polonnaruwa, and displaced children facing protection risks.
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ecotopical.comSri Lanka looks to build disaster-resilient housing after devastating cyclone
ARANAYAKA, Sri Lanka — Bandara Jayaratne from Beraliya, a village in the Aranayaka region in Sri Lanka, is among the fortunate individuals who escaped a landslide on Nov. 28 that occurred right behind his house. Landslides aren’t a new phenomenon in this part of the country. In 2016, at least a 100 people died when a massive landslide occurred in the same area. It also displaced more than 2,000 families and affected some 350,000 people. Due to t…
Sri Lanka distributes disaster grants as Cyclone Ditwah triggers over 1,200 landslides
The National Disaster Relief Services Centre (NDRSC) of the Ministry of Defence has announced that a Rs. 50,000 grant for obtaining kitchen equipment for families affected by the disaster has been fully disbursed to 3,665 families. Additional Secretary (Disaster Management) of the Ministry of Defence, K.G. Dharmathilaka, stated that 147,628 families are eligible for this assistance. He also mentioned that land ownership will not be considered wh…
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Sri Lanka cyclone: More than a million still need aid weeks after Ditwah floods
Nearly a month after Cyclone Ditwah tore across Sri Lanka, more than a million people – including over half a million children – remain in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, as floods, landslides and renewed rainfall continue to compound one of the country’s worst disasters in decades.
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