18 September 2024

FORMATIVE RESEARCH AND SOCIAL & BEHAVIOR CHANGE STRATEGY ON HANDWASHING

A number of infectious diseases can be spread  from one person to another by contaminated hands. Hand washing with soap is one of the most effective barriers to the spread of diseases. The importance of hand washing to interrupt the cycle of disease transmission was intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic, as an impo...
25 November 2020

Sri Lanka Budget Briefs 2019

Sri Lanka Budget Briefs 2019 - Cycle and processes; Education; Health; and WASH   BUDGET BRIEF: CYCLE & PROCESSES This brief on Sri Lanka’s Budget Cycle and Processes informs readers of the various stages, components, policies and procedures within Sri Lanka’s annual budget process. The brief aims to provide t...
29 May 2020

THE UNITED STATES PROVIDES $600,000 GRANT TO UNICEF TO SUPPORT CRITICAL COVID-19 RESPONSE IN SRI LANKA

29 May 2020, COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, –The, United States, has provided a USD $600,000 grant to the, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), , to support the critical COVID-19 response in Sri Lanka. The USD $600,000 United States grant will help Sri Lanka to prepare for, prevent, detect, and respond to COVID-19. Imple...
19 March 2019

Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices Behavior (KAPB) Study on School WASH program

Every child around the world deserves an opportunity to learn in a safe and healthy environment. Schools are places where children actively stay for most of the day time. Therefore for a healthy and conducive learning environment, children need safe water for drinking and hand washing, and safe and friendly-to-use...
18 December 2018

Partnerships

UNICEF’s work in Sri Lanka would not be possible without the support of partners and donors, whose funding has helped drive achievements in child survival and development, education, protection, nutrition, social cohesion and emergency response for every child. As UNICEF embarks on its new country program (2018-20...
05 November 2018

Work with us

No vacancies at the moment with UNICEF Sri Lanka. Please visit our UNICEF Vacancies global page for opportunities with other countries. , Job Number:, 562834, Position and Type of Contract:, Social Policy Officer, Agency:, UNICEF Sri Lanka Country Office, Duty Station:, Colombo, Application Deadline:, 23 July 202...
05 November 2018

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02 November 2018

Multi-stakeholder Strategy & Action Plan for Management and Conservation of the Kelani River Basin

The timely and outstanding inputs from over 50 agencies combined with the global experiences on river basin management and conservation made the vision, strategy and action plan presented in this document comprehensive.
02 November 2018

Research and reports

Our latest reports, Every year, UNICEF Sri Lanka supports the publication of a number of reports and studies on the situation of children and women. A comprehensive list of all global publications can be found on www.unicef.org
22 June 2018

Press Centre

22 June 2018

Child survival & development

The Challenge, Health and nutrition are the fundamental building blocks of children’s lives and their growth into healthy and productive adults. Sri Lanka can be proud of its achievements in this area. Immunization coverage is now universal, under-five mortality rates are in decline, and access to safe water and i...
21 June 2018

UNICEF Sri Lanka

MSG, An empirical investigation of UNICEF’s nutrition-sensitive , short-term cash transfer programme, Mother n a child, Social protection, What it means and why it matters, Our work In Sri Lanka, Two friends playing Father carrying his baby two boys sharing a text book Children at displacement camp due to floods T...