A-PAD Board Emergency Meeting on Regional Partnerships in Fighting the Pandemic
An emergency board meeting was called for by A-PAD regional members in order to call for immediate action to contain the Corona virus and also respond to proactively than the current trend of being reactive. In doing so, the member country heads unveiled
World Food Programme (WFP) brings together Lankan businesses to address high malnutrition
The Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (SUN BN), led by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) brought together 30 leading Sri Lankan businesses to bring in their support for three significant criteria, namely, workplace health and nutrition efforts, producing healthy food and
North-East Monsoon 2019 preparedness by Sri Lanka
Since early November 2019, predictions of rainfall in the North, East, North Central, Uva and Sabaragamuwa provinces of Sri Lanka was forecasted by the Meteorology Department. In correlation to the forecast, nine districts were recipients of floods, high winds and landslides. Rains exceeding
A-PAD Management Headquarters Representative visits Sri Lanka
Ms. Megumi Kuwana, representing the Asia Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management Head Quarters, visited Sri Lanka in order to engage with the partners of the Sri Lankan platform. During her visit, Ms. Kuwana met with officials from the private, government and humanitarian sectors
A Coordinated Approach to Search & Rescue – Disaster Management Center (DMC)
The recurrent disasters in Sri Lanka, through the years, demanded search and rescue operations to be formalized and further enhanced. In addressing this, The Emergency Operations Center of the Disaster Management Center, recently called for a multi-sector dialogue inclusive of the Tri-Forces, Sri