A-PAD Revisits Rainwater Harvesting Tanks in Kayts
On the 21st of March 2022, the A-PAD SL team visited the island of Kayts located in the Administrative District of Jaffna and engaged in a monitoring of rainwater harvesting systems, which were installed in 2016. The initiation of this project was carried
A-PAD-UNDP-CBi Facilitate Workshops on MSME Disaster Resilience in Sri Lanka’s Tourism Sector
A-PAD Sri Lanka, UNDP Sri Lanka and Connecting Business Initiative (CBi), in partnership with the Ruhunu Tourist Bureau (RTB), facilitated training workshops for tourism-based Micro-Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. Workshops were held in the Galle, Matara
A-PAD SL in Partnership with World Vision Promote Safety & Security for Community Disaster Management Teams
Aiming to achieve a common goal of interest in the current context of Sri Lanka, a timely collaboration between A-PAD SL and World Vision resulted in curated training programs addressing the concepts of safety and security. Participants from the Village Disaster Management Committees
A-PAD Joins World Vision in Enhancing Basic Water Safety and First Responder Skills of Grassroots
At the invitation of World Vision Lanka and the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), A-PAD SL conducted a training program for the Village Disaster Management Committee (VDMC) members belonging to the Nanattan and Oddusudan divisions of Mannar and Mullaitivu Districts respectively. The sessions were
Update 001: Flood Warnings Issued for Maha Oya & Deduru Oya Basins
According to information received from the Department of Meteorology , the Northeast monsoon is expected to make landfall in Sri Lanka within this week. However, even during the inter-monsoon period, especially since late October 2021, Sri Lanka experienced adverse weather conditions with heavy