27 April 2016, Mannar District, Sri Lanka.  Ground breaking ceremonies were held in two schools in Mannar district today to officially commence construction activities for new school buildings and WASH facilities through the project “Sustainable Resettlement through Community-Driven Improvement of the Learning Environment in Mannar District, Sri Lanka”. Funded by the Government of Japan, this ...

24 April 2016, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. A ceremony to mark the official launch of the Indian Government funded plantation housing project in the Central and Uva Provinces was held today in the Nuwara Eliya district. The first phase of the 4,000 house project will provide permanent housing for 1,134 plantation sector workers who currently ...

Media Release UN-Habitat Launches the International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning and the State of the Asian & Pacific Cities 2015 Report in Sri Lanka. 25 February, 2016. The United Nations Human Settlements Programme today launched two major publications in Colombo, Sri Lanka – the International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning and the ...

Media Release UN-Habitat to Launch the International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning and the State of the Asian & Pacific Cities 2015 Report in Sri Lanka.  23 February, 2016. The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, will launch two major publications in Colombo, Sri Lanka – the International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning ...

January 2016, Northern Province, Sri Lanka: UN-Habitat is supporting healthy and sustainable livelihoods for conflict affected returnee families in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province by promoting grass roots agricultural interventions. In early 2015, with the aim of improving household nutrition and to increase the availability of fresh fruit and vegetables in conflict affected villages, the Organic ...

31 October 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka celebrated World Cities Day with a special event in its administrative capital, Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, on 31st October 2015. Organised by the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development, the celebrations for a “Better City – Better Life” included a walk followed by a special event at the ...

Tuesday, 3 November 2015, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka.  The Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, His Excellency Mr. Kenichi Suganuma and his wife Madam Akiko, visited Kilinochchi district today. During the visit, the Ambassador officially opened the Peptees Preschool in Vivekanadanagar East Village constructed through UN-Habitat’s post conflict infrastructure reconstruction project Rehabilitation of Community Infrastructure and Facilities in the ...

UN-Habitat is supporting conflict affected communities in over 380 villages in the North and East of Sri Lanka through housing and community infrastructure construction programmes. In most rural areas where the programme is being implemented, access to electricity, LP gas and even kerosene oil is limited. Hence, a majority of families depend on firewood as ...

13th October 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka: UN-Habitat Sri Lanka, with funding from the Government of India, has to-date supported 16,000 homeowners to complete their permanent houses in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province under the Indian Housing Project. In June 2010, the Government of India, as part of its post-conflict rehabilitation support to Sri Lanka announced its ...

5th October 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka celebrated World Habitat Day for 2015 at a National event held at the Maligawattha Housing Scheme in Colombo.  The event, which drew the participation of over 2,000 community members, was organized under the patronage of the Hon. Sajith Premadasa, the Minister of Housing and Construction.  The Minister of ...

September 2015, Colombo. The South Asia Urban Forum, entitled “Urban Quest South Asia”, was held from 21st – 22nd September 2015 in Colombo, Sri Lanka to discuss key urbanization challenges in the South Asia region. The two day conference brought together urban researchers, practitioners and interest groups from South Asian nations including India, Bangladesh, Pakistan ...

September 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka: With funding from the Government of Japan, UN-Habitat has supported 180,000 people in 120 villages in Sri Lanka’s Northern districts to construct community infrastructure facilities. Commencing in March 2013, the “Project for Rehabilitation of Community Infrastructure and Facilities in the Conflict Affected Areas in the Northern Province” was implemented by ...