Relief Provision to the Flood Victims

The devastating floods occurred in mid-June 2016, causing death, disappearance, damage and destruction to the belongings of several hundred thousands of people shocked the entire nation.

Massive amounts of relief goods – victuals, medicine, drinking water, clothes and many other basic material needs were required almost instantly to bring some relief to the flood victims. It was heartening to see that, in this national calamity the politicians of all hues, armed forces, Police and the civilian volunteers, as well as NGOs, making untiring efforts to collect and distribute relief items to the needy as quickly as possible.

South Asia Partnership Sri Lanka too rose to the occasion providing a substantial amount of dry food commodities to the Rupavahini Corporation to be distributed among the flood victims.