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2016 floods

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Disaster Management, Issues

The Floods: An Update

Gripped by a desire to help out our fellow Sri Lankans, we’ve cooked, delivered, run supplies by the truckload and picked clean the shelves of our supermarkets over the past few days….

Yudhanjaya Wijeratne Yudhanjaya Wijeratne on 05/25/201606/08/2016
Disaster Management, Issues

Hats Off To Our WhatsApp Warriors

Featured image courtesy the Star The floods in Sri Lanka have brought out the best in social media. Whatsapp and Facebook were used extensively to save lives and mobilise relief. An unprecedented…

Hilmy Ahamed Hilmy Ahamed on 05/22/2016

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