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Sri Lanka Celebrates World Habitat Day 2024 with a National Event in Colombo

  Secretary to the Ministry, Mr. A.M.P.M.B Atapattu and UN-Habitat Sri Lanka Country Programme Manager, Harshini Halangode along with officials from the Ministry 7 October 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Government of Sri Lanka together with UN-Habitat celebrated World Habitat Day 2024 with a national event at the Ministry of Rural and Urban Development, Housing and ...

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UN-Habitat Sri Lanka Celebrates World Habitat Day 2024 with an Art Competition for Youth in Partnership with the Nuwara Eliya Municipal Council

Winners of the “Your City in 2025” art competition with their certificates. The winning entries are in the background. 7 October 2024, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. To celebrate World Habitat Day 2024, UN-Habitat Sri Lanka in partnership with the Nuwara Eliya Municipal Council organised an art competition for youth in Nuwara Eliya on the theme ...

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UN-Habitat Hands Over Medical Waste Transportation Truck and Incinerator to the Regional Directorate of Health Services in Nuwara Eliya with Funding from KOICA

27 August 2024, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. UN-Habitat, in partnership with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), handed over a state-of-the-art hazardous medical waste transportation truck, fully equipped with cutting-edge facilities to the Regional Directorate of Health Services (RDHS) at the Walapane Hospital in Nuwara-Eliya recently. This initiative, funded by KOICA through the Project Strengthening ...

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UN-Habitat, in collaboration with KOICA, improves WASH and health environments in Nuwara Eliya: a water bowser and two incinerators handed over.

UN-Habitat, in collaboration with Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), has successfully delivered a water bowser equipped with state-of-the-art facilities to the Assistant Commissioner of Local Government (ACLG) Office in Nuwara Eliya. As part of the project “Strengthening Socioeconomic Resilience of the Communities Affected by COVID-19 Pandemic,” this initiative aims to ensure uninterrupted water access for ...

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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, has successfully completed the renovation of one of the Field Maternal and Child Health Centre (FMCHC) in Ramalankenthurai which comes under the purview of Hanguranketha MOH Division and Hanguranketha DS Division. This facility is now equipped with a continuous water supply. The momentous handing over of the renovated Ramalankenthurai FMCHC ...

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Promoting Inclusive Tourism: UN-Habitat Workshop Highlights Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities in the Tourism Industry

11th December 2023, Colombo, Sri Lanka.  The UN-Habitat Sri Lanka Office hosted a workshop titled “Improving Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities in the Tourism Industry” at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo 02. The workshop is part of “Mainstreaming “Leaving No One Behind in national urban policies and programmes (SDG 11 & 6) in South Asia” implemented in India, ...

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World Habitat Day 2023

Resilient urban economies, cities as drivers of growth and recovery. Sri Lanka celebrated the World Habitat Day 2023 on 2nd October under the patronage of Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The national ceremony was organized by the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing in partnership with the National Housing Development Authority ...

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Emergency Support for Green Building in Mullaitivu District

06th September 2022, Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka: UN-Habitat initiated the project “Emergency Support Initiative for Green Building Based Prevention and Control Measure for Vulnerable Communities” with funding from the Government of Japan. The multi-country project is implemented jointly in three countries namely, Cambodia, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Six (6) Divisional Secretariat Divisions in the Mullaitivu district ...

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UN-Habitat Launched Project to Support COVID-19 Recovery

23 November 2022, Nuwara Eliya and 24 November 2022 Badulla, Sri Lanka: UN-Habitat, as part of officially launching the project ‘Strengthening Socioeconomic Resilience of Communities Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Central and Uva Provinces of Sri Lanka’ held two (2) orientation meetings in Nuwara Eliya and Badulla.  The Government Agent/District Secretary of Nuwara ...

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