All stories related to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: “If everyone gets scared, who will work for the community?”
May 25, 2011
It can take a crisis to reveal gaps in an organisation’s priorities
Sri Lanka - reaching out
Mar 31, 2011
ACT supports communities affected by war, massacres, displacement and floods one after the other.
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
Sri Lanka: one million driven from homes or land
Jan 17, 2011
The number of people affected tops one million as flooding in Sri Lanka worsens
Sri Lanka: when elephants fight
Mar 10, 2010
Fighting in Sri Lanka led to urgent need for emergency assistance.
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)
- World Renew (WR) - formerly Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
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