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Sri Lanka

Das erste HI-Projekt in Sri Lanka wurde vor fast dreißig Jahren durchgeführt und konzentrierte sich auf die Ausbildung von Rehabilitationsfachkräften in Colombo und Jaffna. Derzeit führt HI Projekte durch, die sich auf die Rehabilitation und die Widerstandsfähigkeit gegen den Klimawandel und die Katastrophenvorsorge konzentrieren.

Alte Frau im Rollstuhl schaut in die Kamera

Arumugam Pakkiyam lebt in Redbanapuram, einem kleinen Dorf im Osten Sri Lankas, das häufig von Überschwemmungen betroffen ist. | © HI

Laufende Aktivitäten / Our activities

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HI Sri Lanka is currently implementing 3 projects: rehabilitation for children who has clubfoot; resilience to climate change and disaster risk reduction; and technical assistance to UNDP in testing model disability assessment. HI Sri Lanka is working for other sectorial projects including economic inclusion, inclusion technical assistance and inclusive education project for 2025.  

The organization implemented its first project in Sri Lanka in 1992, focusing on training rehabilitation professionals in Colombo and Jaffna. In 2003, in partnership with UNDP, HI developed a quality standard procedure for mine clearance. In 2004, a program for mine survivors in eastern Sri Lanka was established. On 26 December 2004, the tsunami hit Sri Lanka, killing 35,000 people and leaving more than 250,000 homeless. HI's new project focused on survivors in the districts of Batticaloa, Ampara, Trincomalee and Hambantota.

With the end of the war in Sri Lanka, HI also shifted its activities to the Northern Province to provide post-conflict assistance. Faced with the forced displacement of 300,000 people from Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu to army-run camps in Vavuniya, HI began responding to the needs of IDPs through a physical rehabilitation project. HI undertook further projects to integrate rehabilitation services into the public health system.

From 2011, HI broadened the scope of its interventions to include livelihoods, inclusive sports, inclusive disaster risk management, and support to rehabilitation professionals and community-based rehabilitation actors.

Following the election of the coalition government in 2015 and the renewed political will to address structural inequalities and national reconciliation, which was widely supported by the international community, HI shifted its interventions to address reconciliation issues, including transitional justice and reducing inequalities through inclusive economic development programs.

At the same time, HI began to respond to small and medium scale natural disasters (floods and droughts) through early recovery programming. Rehabilitation activities resumed in 2017 on a very small scale, focusing only on clubfoot treatment, thanks to the interest of Miracle Feet.

Hintergrund / Background

Karte des HI-Einsatzes in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a South Asian Island in the Indian Ocean. It has a tropical climate with the north-east monsoon from December to March and the south-west monsoon from June to October. Sri Lanka was experiencing a major macroeconomic crisis in the beginning of 2022.

In March 2022, mass protests began in Sri Lanka against the government due to its mismanagement of the Sri Lankan economy, which led to a subsequent economic crisis involving severe inflation, daily blackouts, and a shortage of fuel, domestic gas, and other essential goods. Sri Lanka is currently experiencing aftermaths of the macro-economic crisis of 2022. The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election was the ninth presidential election in the country’s history and was held on 21 September 2024. Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election 2024.

Number of HI staff members: 8

Date the programme opened: 1992.


 

 

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TVG-Spendenaktion: 19.160 Euro für HI
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TVG-Spendenaktion: 19.160 Euro für HI

Nach ihrem Spendenaufruf für verschiedene Projekte der humanitären Hilfsorganisation Handicap International auf Sri Lanka übergaben die TVG-Zentrale und ihre Partner am 6. Dezember 2019 insgesamt 19.160 Euro. TVG-Chefin Birgit Aust bedankte sich vor Ort.

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Bei schweren Überschwemmungen und Erdrutschen im Südwesten Sri Lankas sind am Wochenende mindestens 200 Menschen ums Leben gekommen, 96 werden noch immer vermisst. Insgesamt sind über eine halbe Millionen Menschen betroffen, 75.000 mussten ihre Häuser und Habseligkeiten zurücklassen. Die Notfall- und Expertenteams von Handicap International sind vor Ort und tun ihr Möglichstes, um schnell zu helfen.

Überschwemmungen in Sri Lanka: Zugang zu Nahrungsmitteln und Wasser zu ermöglichen hat nun Priorität
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Infolge der Überschwemmungen und Erdrutsche nach dem Zyklon Roanu, der am 15. Mai auf Sri Lanka traf, bereitet Handicap International den Einsatz vor, um den besonders Schutzbedürftigen zu helfen.

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