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Reconstruction of Three Thousand More War Damaged Houses Under Way in Northern
Sri Lanka with Funding From the European Union, Australian Government and SDC
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 22 February 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka: A partnership between the European Union, the Australian Government, the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), is supporting the reconstruction and repair of over 4,600 conflict damaged houses in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province.
Commencing in January 2011, the “Support to Conflict Affected People through Housing” Project has to-date assisted over 3,000 IDP families in their reconstruction and repair efforts in the districts of Vavuniya, Mullaitivu, Killinochchi and Mannar. Approximately 4,600 families from 60 villages will be supported through this permanent housing initiative ......read more here |
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Disaster Resilient City Development Strategies for Sri Lankan Cities
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 UN-HABITAT Sri Lanka launched a new project with the funding support of the Government of Australia (Aus$ 1,100,000) to establish sustainable disaster resilient and healthy cities and townships in disaster prone regions of Sri Lanka. It will be implemented in four municipal council/local authorities (MC/LAs) – Kalmunai, Batticaloa Ratnapura and Balangoda, which are vulnerable to disasters.
The project will be implemented by UN-HABITAT in partnership with the UDA, Ministry of Local Government and Provincial Councils and the Disaster Management Centre. UN-HABITAT and the University of Moratuwa will provide technical inputs in the areas of DR assessments and settlement planning. Communities will be linked to local authorities and empowered ......read more here |
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Australian Government and UN-HABITAT Support the Reconstruction of 3,785 Houses for Returnees in the Northern Province
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To mark the completion of the 18 month, LKR 1 billion project, the Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, H.E. Kathy Klugman, visited Kallaru village in Killinochchi District on 20th September 2011.... read more
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News Stories on Shelter Recovery
The Island, September 20, 2011: Australia, UN-HABITAT support for war affected continues
DailyNews, Wednesday, 21 September 2011: Australia assists Northern returnees
Sunday Observer, Sunday, 25 September 2011: Thanks to Australian Govt, UN-HABITAT: Shelter for the homeless
News First, Wednesday , 21 September 2011: Australian High Commissioner visits Kilinochchi
Sunday Observer, Sunday, 11 September 2011:Move to help displaced people in the North: UN-HABITAT launches $ 28 m housing program
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Reconstruction of 3,000 houses damaged in North under way
Anuradha Kodagoda from Sunday Observer writes about a key milestone of “Support to Conflict Affected People through Housing” project reaching 3,000 northern IDP families.......(Read more on Observer online) | PDF version
Housing Recovery Initiative Supports Families to Rebuild in Mullaitivu District, North of Sri Lanka
February 2012, Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka: A delegation from the European Union visited Koolamurippu village in Mullaitivu district recently to discuss housing progress with conflict affected families who are reconstructing their homes........(Read more)
Move to help displaced people in the North: UN-HABITAT launches $ 28 m housing program Dudly Jansz, Sunday Observer journalist reports on UN-HABITAT’s shelter recovery programme in the Northern Sri Lanka.......(Read more)
A National Climate Change Policy for Sri Lanka
UN-HABITAT, the United Nations Human Settlements programme is supporting the Government of Sri Lanka in formulating a National Climate Change Policy (NCCP). ......(Read more)
UN-HABITAT Extends Its Permenant Housing Support Programme in Northern Sri Lanka: 4,400 More Families to be Assited
With European Commission (EC), Australian government (AusAID) and the Swiss government (SDC) funding support, UN-HABITAT intends to reach 4,400 new families with permanent housing support ........(Read
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