Enhancing Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness among School Students
Children are the most vulnerable to disasters and its effects can be detrimental to their physical health, mental health and access to learning opportunities. The current economic crisis and the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic has had a disastrous impact on the education sector of
HSBC Sri Lanka and A-PAD Partner to Provide Relief Assistance And Revive Education For School Children amidst Economic Challenges
In response to Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, the Asia Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management (A-PAD Sri Lanka) in partnership with HSBC Sri Lanka embarked on a three-month long programme to ensure children’s educational continuity as the economic turbulence mounts. The platform provided essential
HSBC with A-PAD extends Medical Support
HSBC SL with A-PAD coordinated with the Disaster Management Center (DMC) to provide vital and essential medicine to the Ministry of Health (MoH). The call by the state to bridge the severe shortage of medicine in hospitals was responded by HSBC SL and
A-PAD SL Participates at Humanitarian Networks and Partnership Week (HNPW) 2022
The HNPW is an initiative by the UNOCHA that provides a unique forum for humanitarian networks and partnerships to meet and address key humanitarian issues. One of the largest humanitarian events of its kind, it gathers international participants from the UN, NGOs, Member
A-PAD with UNDP and CBi Enhances Business Diversification Opportunities for MSMEs
On the 30th and 31st of March, 2022, A-PAD Sri Lanka successfully carried out Business Diversification Handovers to over 120 MSMEs in the Galle, Matara and Hambantota Districts. This was done with coordinating assistance from the Ruhunu Tourism Bureau (RTB), the National Crafts