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Supporting starvation in Sri Lanka – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Transcript: Over six million people, or over 28 per cent of Sri Lanka’s population, are “food insecure”, and this situation is likely to deteriorate as the crisis unfolds in the island nation, which is grappling with its worst economic crisis, according to the World Food Programme. Almost 6.3 million people in Sri Lanka are unsure of where their next meal will come from, according to a food security assessment by the World Food Programme (WFP). With staggering malnutrition, the organisation warns of “grave consequences” where pregnant women cannot obtain the necessary nutrients. “We’re witnessing a tragic series of events that are unfolding in Sri Lanka right now that should be a warning to anyone who thinks that it is up to countries themselves to figure out https://youtu.be/etaLI6mQVNI how to deal with this crisis,” says Achim Steiner, administrator of the UN ...

Sep 8, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged , , , , ,
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The elephant in the room – By GEORGE BRAINE At a time when the world is recovering from the coronavirus, the economic collapse has brought Sri Lanka to its knees. No recovery can even be imagined in the near future. Now comes the elephant in the room, the topic no one mentions in numerous discussions: Sri Lanka’s population explosion. Our schools are overcrowded, our hospitals are spilling over with patients, our buses and trains are sardine-packed, our environment is polluted, our universities lack enough places, our youth are unemployed (and look abroad for “work” that is often a euphemism for slavery), our forests are being razed, our rivers are being ravaged for sand, and human-elephant conflicts take a tragic toll. Millions live in abject poverty, depending on “samurdhi” and other handouts to eke out a living. We still depend on food imports. In my ancestral village, land distribution began in ...

Jul 21, 2022 Posted by In Articles, George Braine Tagged ,
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 SRI LANKA CAN  QUICKLY BOUNCE BACK IF SRI LANKANS WANT IT – by N.S.Venkataraman Sri Lanka has a population of   slightly more than 22 million.  Sri Lanka’s population is reported to have an adult literacy rate of  more than  92 percent , which is above average by world and regional standards. Computer literacy is more than 30  percent and website users  are  reported to be more than 32  percent of the population.  Certainly, Sri Lankan society  can be considered as .well informed one , as education plays a major part in the life and culture of  Sri Lanka. In such circumstances, people around the world , who have knowledge about Sri Lanka’s history, culture and tradition , are taken aback to see the type of violence that is now sweeping the country ,  which have made many people wonder as to how Sri Lanka would come out of the present crisis. In ...

May 12, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , , , ,
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