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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. celebrated World Habitat Day 2024 with a national event at the Ministry of Rural and Urban Development, Housing and Construction in Battaramulla. The event was held under ...

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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 Holds Inaugural National Stakeholder Meeting of the Resilient Infrastructure for the Urban Poor (RISE-UP) Project’s Sri Lanka component

30 July 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka. UN-Habitat Sri Lanka held the Inaugural Stakeholder Meeting of the “Enhancing Interregional Knowledge Exchange and Capacities of National Governments in Lao PDR, Madagascar, South Africa, and Sri Lanka on Financing for Urban Sustainable, Net-Zero, Climate Resilient and Nature Positive Development for the Most Vulnerable Urban Communities.” Project under the ...

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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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UN-Habitat launches USD 2 Million Project to Strengthen Climate Resilience in Mullaitivu District with the fund from the Adaptation Fund

7th December 2023, Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka The UN-Habitat Sri Lanka Office has launched a project to bolster resilience to climate change in Sri Lanka’s Mullaitivu district, with a grant of USD 2 million from the Adaptation Fund. The project, titled “Building Resilience to Climate Change and Climate Variability of Vulnerable Communities in Mullaitivu District of ...

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UN-Habitat, in collaboration with KOICA, constructed 10 community toilets and handed them over to the community in Badulla.

UN-Habitat, in collaboration with KOICA, has successfully completed the construction of 10 community toilets with equipped with continuous water supply at the Glenanore estate, catering specifically to the residents of line rooms in the Viharagala GN Division under the Haldummulla Divisional Secretariat Division. In a momentous ceremony held on 28th December 2023, the beneficiaries received ...

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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 On the 11th of December 2023, 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 & ...

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