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United States Government-Funded 36, 000 MT of TSP Fertilizer Arrives in Sri Lanka: Paddy Farmers to Receive TSP in Time for Yala Cultivation

More than a million Sri Lankan paddy farmers in all 25 districts will get vital assistance through a shipment of over 36,000 metric tons of fertilizer handed over today by the United States to the Ministry of Agriculture.

U.S. Support Trains Public Sector Accounting and Auditing Professionals on Accounting Standards and IT

The first group of Sri Lankan public sector accounting and auditing professionals participated in Sri Lanka Public Sector Accounting Standards 11-20 through a training by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) and its public sector wing, the Association of Public Finance Accountants of Sri Lanka (APFASL).

US funded fortified rice shipments begin arriving at Colombo Port

According to a Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission report by U.N.’s World Food Program (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization, nearly thirty percent of the Sri Lankan population is currently facing food insecurity. Through ongoing initiatives as well as new funding and food shipments, the United States is working with the Government of Sri Lanka, the WFP, and other partners to address these needs. An initial shipment of 600 metric tons of fortified rice funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) arrived in Sri Lanka last week to support the Government of Sri Lanka’s national school meal program.

USAID Commences 5-Year Ocean Plastics Reduction Project in Sri Lanka and Maldives

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announces the official launch of a planned 5-year project in Sri Lanka and Maldives to reduce environmental plastics by decreasing industrial use of plastic and improving integrated solid waste management practices in Sri Lanka and Maldives.

United States Provides 9,300 Metric Tons of Fertilizer to Paddy Farmers in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, 5 December 2022 - The United States officially handed over 

Administrator Samantha Power Meets with Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka Ali Sabry

Today, Administrator Samantha Power met with Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry to further USAID’s understanding of the Government of Sri Lanka’s priorities and reforms to address the country’s economic crisis. The two discussed how USAID can support a viable path forward for Sri Lanka’s recovery and growth.

USAID Signs New Five-Year Agreement With Sri Lanka

Building on the USAID Administrator Samantha Powers’s recent visit, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung announced today that the United States, through USAID, will provide an additional estimated $65 million (more than 23 billion Sri Lankan rupees) in assistance to Sri Lanka over a five-year period. The assistance falls under the Development Objectives Assistance Agreement (DOAG) signed by Mr. Gabriel Grau, Mission Director for USAID Sri Lanka and Maldives and Mr. Mahinda Siriwardena, Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies.

Administrator Samantha Power’s Meeting With Tanaka Akihiko, President Of The Japan International Cooperation Agency

The below is attributable to Acting Spokesperson Shejal Pulivarti:‎

Administrator Samantha Power Meets With Government Officials, Civil Society And Impacted Communities In Colombo, Sri Lanka

The below is attributable to Acting Spokesperson Shejal Pulivarti:‎

Administrator Samantha Power At A Press Conference

HEIDI HATTENBACH: So, good afternoon. Good afternoon. And thank you for joining us. And thank you for your patience, today, everyone as we work our way through our new facility, which I hope you enjoyed seeing and took a little time to get to know it.

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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.

Women-led start-up benefits from USAID’s systemic support

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Top Gem Lapidary is a women-led enterprise started by eight previously unemployed youth from Central Sri Lanka. The launch of this enterprise highlights the importance of increasing youth employment and entrepreneurship through a systemic, market-led approach. That was the concept behind USAID’s design for the Youth Employment and Business Start-up (YouLead) project.

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.

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