November 2012, Batticaloa and Kalmunai, Eastern province Sri Lanka. Two awareness workshops on “Best Practices for Disaster Resilient Constructions in Coastal Areas” for local contractors, masons, carpenters and members of the Rural Development Society (RDS) were held in the cities of Kalmunai and Batticaloa recently. This is a key output of the project ‘Disaster Resilient ...
read more »November 3, 2012, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. The Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Unit of the Batticaloa Municipal Council was ceremonially opened by Mr. Yoshinobu Fukasawa, Senior Human Settlement Officer of the UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia Pacific recently. The DRR Unit is a key component of the project “Disaster Resilient City Development Strategies for Sri Lankan ...
read more »October 2012, Balangoda, Sri Lanka. An awareness programme on “Disaster Resilient Practices for sustainable constructions” for local government officers, technical personnel and the general public was held in Balangoda recently. The workshop is a key output of the project ‘Disaster Resilient City Development Strategies for Sri Lankan Cities’ funded by the Government of Australia, being ...
read more »The United Nations has designated the first Monday of October every year as World Habitat Day. This year, World Habitat Day will be celebrated on 1 October 2012. The idea is to reflect on the state of our towns and cities and the basic right of all, to adequate shelter. It is also intended ...
read more »15th August 2012, Balangoda, Sri Lanka: The rehabilitation of Dorawela Oya (stream) in Balangoda town commenced on Thursday 15th August 2012 with a community driven “Shramadana” (clean-up operation). The rehabilitation of the polluted “Dorawela Oya” stream, which is an important water source for Balangoda town, is a key initiative under the project “Disaster Resilient City ...
read more »This communiqué is aimed at informing the building material suppliers, manufacturers and service providers of the potential large scale need for their products in Northern Sri Lanka. UN-Habitat Sri Lanka is to begin the implementation of a housing programme for conflict affected families in the Northern Province with funding from the Government of India. A ...
read more »5th July 2012, Balangoda, Sri Lanka: A Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) unit was declared open at the Balangoda Urban Council premises by Hon. Gamini Weerasinghe, the Mayor of Balangoda, on 5th of July 2012 under the “Disaster Resilient City Development Strategies for Sri Lankan Cities” project funded by Australian Government (AusAID), and implemented by UN-Habitat. The ...
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May 30, 2012, Killinochchi, Sri Lanka. The Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Her Excellency Robyn Mudie, visited villages in Killinochchi and Vavuniya districts on 30th May 2012. During her visit she met conflict affected families who are repairing and rebuilding their homes through the project “Support to Conflict Affected People through Housing”. Mrs. R. ...
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Regional workshop on Climate Change and Decentralization May 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka. A two day regional workshop on Climate Change and Decentralization was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on the 8th and 9th of May 2012 at Hotel Galadari. Organized by UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, in partnership with MaRGG, Management Resources for ...
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February 2012, Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. A delegation from the European Union visited Koolamurippu village in Mullaitivu district recently to discuss housing progress with conflict affected families who are reconstructing their homes. Koolamurippu is one of 60 villages in the Northern Province that has received funding through the housing recovery initiative “Support to Conflict Affected People ...
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Reconstruction of Three Thousand War Damaged Houses Under Way in Northern Sri Lanka with Funding From the European Union, Australian Government and the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation 22 February 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka: A partnership between the European Union, the Australian Government, the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC) and the United Nations Human ...
read more »The Indian Ocean Tsunami waves hit the Sri Lankan Coastal belt on the 26th of December 2004. While the majority of the country has recovered from this disaster, the worst of its kind in the history of the isle, there are still quite a few victims left behind. One would hardly expect the commercial and ...
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