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ADRA Responds to Flooding in Sri Lanka

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By ADRA International
Published May 27, 2016

ADRA providing response in Sri Lanka following heavy rains and flooding.

ADRA Sri Lanka has begun a national emergency management plan (NEMP) response in the country’s Kilinochchi District, providing hygiene kits to 350 affected families, with plans to expand as soon as possible.

Nearly half a million people in Sri Lanka have already been affected by flooding in the country, with thousands displaced and 63 dead. More heavy rain is expected due to seasonal conditions.

*Published by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Learn more about ADRA.

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