UN-Habitat Post Disaster Recovery & Reconstructionprogrammes assist countries in recovering from war or natural disasters. The agencies interventions are driven by a “Peoples’ Process” which seeks to empower disaster-stricken to be in the drivers’ seat of their own recovery

Since the 2004 December Indian Ocean Tsunami, Sri Lanka has been assisted by UN-Habitat in rebuilding nearly 20,000 destroyed homes, vital community infrastructure and ways of life of the affected. In addition the agency has also helped capacitate and facilitate the recovery process through technical expertise, and policy level inputs.

Relevant

• Project for Rehabilitation of Community Infrastructure, Improvement of Livelihoods and Empowerment of Women in the Northern and Eastern Provinces (RCI)
• Project for Rehabilitation of Community Infrastructure and Facilities in the Conflict Affected Areas in Northern Province of Sri Lanka (RCIF)
• Improving Living Conditions in Returnee Areas of Sri Lanka through Housing
• Indian Housing Project
• Support to Conflict Affected People through Housing
• Shelter Support to Conflict  Affected IDPs in the North of Sri Lanka
• Publication: TURNING AROUND THE TSUNAMI: UN-Habitat Working in Partnership with Sri Lanka
• Publication: People’s Process in Post Disaster and Post Conflict Recovery
• Publication: Community Action Planning Guidelines for Rebuilding of Tsunami Affected Communities in Sri Lanka
• Early Recovery Shelter for IDPs in Batticaloa – Concluded Project
• Coordination Mechanism on Permanent Housing – Concluded Project
• Rebuilding Community Infrastructure & Shelter – Post Tusnami – Concluded Project
• Rebuilding Communities in North East Sri Lanka – Concluded Project