ADRA Sri Lanka Activates its National Emergency Management Plan In Response to the Flooding
ADRA Sri Lanka activated its National Emergency Management Plan (NEMP) in response to recent flooding in the Kalutara and Colombo districts of Sri Lanka.
Virtual Launch of the Trilingual Report on Health and Life Experiences in Sri Lanka’s Plantation Sector
Oxfam in Sri Lanka and ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency International) in collaboration with the European Union in Sri Lanka and the Maldives will virtually launch the report “Health and Life Experiences of the Ambagamuwa DS Division: A Gender-based Study” (HLEAD) on the 4th of June, 2021. The report addresses gaps in existing research […]
ADRA Kick Starts New Project
ADRA Sri Lanka kickstarted activities of its brand new WASH-TE project with a foundation stone laying ceremony for the improved gravity-fed water system on 07th of April at the Minna division of the Strathspey estate. Representatives from ADRA, the estate management, and the community were present at the event. The project is funded by the […]
World Water Day celebrated by inaugurating Improved Gravity Fed Water Systems
On March 25th, 2021, H.E. Denis Chaibi declared opened an Improved Gravity Fed Water System (IGFWS) at the Ladbrook Estate in Maskeliya. The system is one of the six schemes that were to be handed over this week to celebrate the World Water Day (March 22). By April-end 2021, a total of 10 water systems […]
Clean Water Through Gravity-Fed Water Systems
One of the major issues faced by the estate communities of the Nuwara Eliya district is access to safe and clean drinking water. As a response to this issue, the Assisting Communities in Creating Environmental and Nutritional Development (ACCEND) project is constructing improved gravity fed-water systems (IGFWS) in 20 estates of the Ambagamuwa Divisional Secretariat. […]
BRICS Project Promotes Handwashing
One of the major precautions to combat the COVID-19 virus is to wash hands frequently. Through the recently concluded Building Resilience in Communities and Societies (BRICS) project, ADRA Sri Lanka partnered with UNICEF and ADRA International to promote handwashing among the general public through the provision of handwashing facilities. The project has constructed 100 hand-washing […]
Capacity Building for Vengalachettikulam DS
ADRA recently conducted a capacity building training on “productivity management” for the staff of the Vengalacheddikulam Divisional Secretariat in the Vavuniya district. The training was organized through the third phase of the Local Economic and Social Strengthening (LESS) project. The LESS III project is funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Home Affairs […]
Health & Nutrition Planning Workshop
Through the Assisting Communities in Creating Environmental and Nutritional Development project, ADRA and Oxfam conducted a three-day residential workshop on planning from 30th of August to 01st of September 2020 at the Araliya Green Hills Hotel in Nuwara Eliya. The workshop was organized alongside the office of the Regional Director of Health Services with the leadership and coordination of Dr. Senaka Talagala, the […]
ADRA’s COVID-19 Response with SLM
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the Sri Lankan government took immediate action and placed the country under strict curfew to curtail the spread of the pandemic. With the number of infected people rising in the country, the ADRA Sri Lanka team moved to activate the emergency plan in place within […]
ACCEND Responds to COVID-19
ADRA and Oxfam responded to the COVID-19 pandemic through their jointly implemented ACCEND project. The European Union funded, ‘Assisting Communities in Creating Environmental and Nutritional Development (ACCEND)’ is a four-year initiative carried out in Matale, Monaragala and Nuwara Eliya districts. The project focuses on both rural and estate communities there and aims to improve their […]
