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Sri Lanka: untold agricultural damage
Feb 16, 2011
Floods have returned to Sri Lanka with a vengeance, decimated crops and hitting labourers and small farmers hardest
ACT in Sri Lanka
Organisations with HQ in Sri Lanka
International organisations in Sri Lanka
- Christian Aid (CA)
- ECLOF International
- Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
- Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
- United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
Organisations funding work in Sri Lanka
- Act for Peace
- Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
- Christian World Service (CWS)
- Church World Service (CWS)
- DanChurchAid (DCA)
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Finn Church Aid (FCA)
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA)
- Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, The (PWRDF)
About Sri Lanka
- Population: 20.2 million (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Colombo (commercial), Sri Jayawardenepura (administrative)
- Largest city: Colombo
- Area: 65,610 sq km (25,332 sq miles)
- Major languages: Sinhala, Tamil, English
- Major religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity
- Life expectancy: 70 years (men), 78 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: Sri Lankan rupee
- Main exports: Clothing and textiles, tea, gems, rubber, coconuts