The situation in Sri Lanka remains extremely difficult during the current political and economic crises.

The UN reports 6.3 million people do not have enough to eat and many are living on one meal a day. CWS partners are supporting some of the most vulnerable people.

The Women’s Centre (pictured) purchased 250 clay stoves and will provide 6 months’ worth of firewood for factory workers in the Free Trade Zones, with a grant from our general emergency fund. The Devasarana Development Centre says that it is finding local trainers to run its workshops for small farmers to avoid travel costs. Members have supported the protests and are hopeful for a better outcome in elections.

Monlar, the Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform, reports small farmers are finding it a little easier than people in the urban areas, but the plantation workers are more likely to be hungry. Read their report and statement here.

Please remember Sri Lanka in your prayers and through your support of the Winter Appeal. We are inviting you to write to Foreign Minister Hon. Nanaia Mahuta about the need to uphold human rights and good governance in Sri Lanka as well as make additional humanitarian funding available.