European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) and Oxfam Support Communities to Recover from 2016 Floods and Landslides
Monday, Apr 03, 2017
ECHO and Oxfam supported 4372 people from Colombo, Gampaha, and Kegalle districts to get back to their lives at the earliest possible following the floods and landslides of May 2016. With the help of the project, the people received clean drinking water, cleaned their homes, and learned about how to be safer by preventing diseases.
- 2300 people received disinfection kits to clean their homes in Colombo and Gampaha.
- 532 people received Cash for Work for cleaning key community facilities in their areas. The earnings helped them buy essential supplies and compensate for the loss of regular income during the disaster.
- In Kegalle, 1120 people still in camps benefit from 60 semi-permanent toilets.
- 1151 people have better hygiene with 83 garbage bins and 44500 garbage bags.
- In Kegalle, 30 hand washing facilities (with water tanks, points, and soap) were installed benefitting 1120 people.
- 232 people in Kegalle clean drinking water through water trucking.