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United States to Increase Development Investment in Sri Lanka by US $19.2 million Through USAID

The United States today announced the commitment of more than US $19 million in additional funds to further the development of Sri Lanka, in a ceremony at the Sri Lanka Ministry of Finance.

USAID’s Accelerator Program Showcases Innovative Entrepreneurs Supporting Climate Resilient Approaches

Ten entrepreneurs who received intensive help from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Good Life X (GLX) business accelerator to develop their climate adaptation ideas displayed their results in a Demo Day event on August 2.

USAID Signs Agreements with Eight Businesses to Promote Commercial Mediation

Eight Sri Lankan business conglomerates have signed agreements to pursue commercial mediation to settle disputes as opposed to always using litigation, a move that will help make the Sri Lankan judicial system more efficient and effective by reducing case backlogs.

A Plastic Recycling Center Opens in Kaduwela

The Kaduwela Municipal Council opened the first of four Plastic Recycling Centers at 567/3, Yashodara Mawatha, Dedigamuwa as a pilot to improve standards in plastic waste collection and apply environment, health, and safety best practices. The Plastic Recycling Centers, supported under United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Clean Cities Blue Ocean activity will sort, clean, and bale or crush large quantities of plastic in the municipal areas for commercial recycling.

USAID and IREX Organize Mojo Lanka - Sri Lanka's First Mobile Journalism Festival

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) are pleased to announce the MoJo Lanka festival, a two-day event celebrating the power of mobile journalism and digital storytelling.

Remarks delivered by USAID Sri Lanka and Maldives Acting Mission Director, Debra Mosel, at the “Malaiyaham 200” - an event to mark 200 years of Malaiyaha Tamil community in Sri Lanka.

As the Malaiyaha Tamils mark their 200 years in Sri Lanka, I am encouraged by the hope of their youth.  They are bold and assertive.  This community of Sri Lankans is now spread out in all parts of the Island with a distinct political voice.  This new generation asks not for sympathy but for dignity and equality.  The United States supports these aspirations and looks forward to them becoming reality.

USAID - Ceylon Biscuits Limited Partnership Supports Climate-Smart Agriculture

The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Climate Adaptation Project and CBL Group have signed an agreement to help thousands of smallholder farmers across three districts practice climate-smart agriculture.

USAID and ADB Help Power Sri Lanka’s Women in Energy

Women working in Sri Lanka’s energy sector gained a powerful tool this week to promote their advancement in the industry with the launch of the Sri Lanka National Chapter of WePOWER.

USAID and IREX Announce the Launch of MoJo Lanka Academy

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and The International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) are pleased to announce the launch of Mojolanka.lk, a website celebrating mobile journalism in Sri Lanka, and home to MoJo Lanka Academy, a platform that will provide robust tri-lingual instruction in mobile journalism.

USAID/Sri Lanka Helps Power Up Trial of E-battery Swapping Stations in Colombo

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Sri Lanka Energy Program and Sling Mobility (Pvt.) Ltd. today signed a grant agreement to develop and operate two battery swapping stations for electric two-wheelers.

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The Pekoe Trail - Discover Serendipity on Foot

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Enjoy walking in nature? Try the Pekoe Trail, from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya.

A Sri Lankan Woman Turns Her Disability into a Silver Bullet

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Suranga Udari, a 32-year-old woman from Ahangama, in Sri Lanka’s southern district of Galle, is not one to let life’s challenges stand in the way of fulfilling her childhood dream of becoming a journalist.

MoJo Empowers a Young Man to Serve His Rural Community

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Flashback to August 2018, when a group of people are on a pier in the midday heat, waiting for the familiar sight of the ferry. This ‘moving bridge’ would take them to the other side of the river. Until the ferry arrives, they are exposed to the scorching heat, their minds revisiting the risks of an impending ride across a deep river on an ill-made ferry. Those are risks they have long chosen to accept in the absence of a safer alternative.  On the sun-baked eastern coast of Sri Lanka, these people from two remote villages remain separated by a giant body of water, with a conspicuously missing structure: a bridge.

USAID assistance helps a youth to start a life-changing career in ICT

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Saad Farook

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Saad Farook, a youth from Kandy with exceptional analytical skill, had a bright future ahead of him until misfortune struck. In 2016, Saad was forced to leave his undergraduate program at the university he was attending, two years before graduation with a ICT degree.

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