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Agriculture Activities

Mr. Thilak Wijeyanake and his wife tending to their capsicum plants in the newly established polytunnel. Photo: Charmalee Jayasinghe, UN-Habitat

Mr. Thilak Wijeyanake in the stockroom inside his polytunnel. Photo: Charmalee Jayasinghe, UN-Habitat

Ms. Harini Srimathi Gamage, a recipient of home gardening support, tends to her cultivation of maize and long beans with her husband. Photo: Charmalee Jayasinghe, UN-Habitat

Ms. Nirosha Fernando a recipient of home gardening support from Nuwara Eliya district, inspecting her maize cultivation. Photo: Charmalee Jayasinghe, UN-Habitat

Mrs. Ariyalatha Wijesinghe, a recipient of home gardening support from Badulla, tending her chili cultivation with her husband. Photo: Charmalee Jayasinghe, UN-Habitat

Mrs. Podimenike in her home garden in Kiriwaneliya village, Nuwara Eliya. Photo: Charmalee Jayasinghe, UN-Habitat

Mrs. Ariyalatha Wijesinghe, recipient of home gardening support from Badulla showcasing her compost bin. Photo: Charmalee Jayasinghe, UN-Habitat

Vegetable washing station at the Udawela Saruketha fresh and value-added food processing centre, Nuwara Eliya. Photo: Charmalee Jayasinghe, UN-Habitat

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Improving Community Health Care Infrastructure in the Central and Uva Provinces Improving Food Security through Home Gardening Supporting Farmers to Improve Vegetable Cultivation with Poly-tunnels Improving Healthcare Services for Communities by Upgrading Field Maternal and Child Health Centres

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UN-Habitat supports water supply and sanitation efforts in Nuwara Eliya with funding from KOICA New Community Water Supply Scheme Commissioned in Liyanwala Pahalagama, Nuwara Eliya District KOICA Hands Over Upgraded Sewerage Treatment Facility to Walapane Divisional Hospital Sunday Times News_Top holiday destination, Nuwara Eliya, to get better water facilities KOICA and UN-Habitat Partner with the Department of Agriculture to Promote “Good Agricultural Practices” in the Nuwaraeliya District UN-Habitat and KOICA Establishes a Water Supply System for the Residents of Mariya Village in Nuwara Eliya District KOICA Provides USD 822,100 (LKR 246 Mn) to the Nuwara Eliya Municipal Council to Implement Key Community Resilience Projects through UN-Habitat KOICA Conducts Monitoring Visits in the UN-Habitat Project Locations of Nuwara Eliya and Badulla Districts UN-Habitat Hands Over Medical Waste Transportation Truck and Incinerator to the Regional Directorate of Health Services in Nuwara Eliya with Funding from KOICA UN-Habitat Completed the Renovation of the Fertilizer Store at Hali Ela, Badulla, Funded by KOICA UN-Habitat, in collaboration with KOICA, improves WASH and health environments in Nuwara Eliya: a water bowser and two incinerators handed over.UN-Habitat handed over the Field Maternal and Child Health Center equipped with continuous water supply in Ramalankenthurai, Nuwara Eliya UN-Habitat, in collaboration with KOICA, constructed 10 community toilets and handed them over to the community in Badulla UN-Habitat Launched Project to Support COVID-19 Recovery The Republic of Korea through KOICA provides UN-Habitat with USD 5.5 million as COVID-19 Recovery Support