United Nations Sri Lanka

What once kept Padmini and Nilantha in debt now provides a stable income.

With support from WFP Sri Lanka's Home-Grown School Feeding programme, they started preparing school meals to producing their own food through a poultry farm that now supplies nearly 1,000 eggs each week.

In 2025, UN-supported school nutrition programmes reached over a million children across Sri Lanka, improving nutrition while strengthening rural livelihoods and local food systems.

Read more in the 2025 Annual Results Report: bit.ly/4nar0fs

- Check out these United Nations job opportunities in Sri Lanka:

HR Assistant
Agency: UNOPS Sri Lanka
Location: Colombo
Apply by: 12 May
👉 https://bit.ly/4dB4tVQ

Project Associate (PXU)
Agency: IOM Sri Lanka and Maldives
Location: Jaffna
Apply by: 13 May
👉 https://bit.ly/4uF9KRX

Preschool Education Programme Support Assistant (UNV)
Agency: UNICEF Sri Lanka
Location: Colombo
Apply by: 13 May
👉 https://bit.ly/4u7obi3

Individual Consultant – Monitoring and Reporting of SGBV NAP II Implementation
Agency: UNFPA Sri Lanka
Location: Colombo
Apply by: 14 May
👉 https://bit.ly/3PcdjAc

System Developer Consultant for 2026 Preschool Census (Ministry of Education)
Agency: UNICEF Sri Lanka
Location: Colombo
Apply by: 24 May
👉 https://bit.ly/3PjqVJU

National Consultant - Childhood Cancer
Agency: WHO Sri Lanka
Location: Colombo
Apply by: 28 May
👉 https://bit.ly/4di42hL

To learn more about the UN's work in Sri Lanka, visit: www.srilanka.un.org

The passing of Suriya Wickremasinghe marks the loss of one of Sri Lanka’s most steadfast advocates for human rights & justice.

For decades, she stood courageously for civil rights, including during some of the country’s most difficult times.

Her commitment to justice will continue to inspire others to follow in her footsteps.

Do you know a changemaker in Sri Lanka transforming lives?

The UN SDG Action Awards – Heroes of Tomorrow, by the UN SDG Action Campaign, is calling for nominations of individuals taking sustainable action for a just and peaceful future.

We encourage you to nominate inspiring individuals from Sri Lanka who deserve global recognition.

Apply or nominate now via the link below:
https://sdgactionawards.org/

From disrupted trade to rising costs, threats at sea are impacting lives and livelihoods everywhere, including Sri Lanka.

As the United Nations Secretary General has stressed, respect for international law and global cooperation are essential to keep vital sea routes open and secure: bit.ly/4w3JPFj

A free press is the foundation of all other freedoms, ensuring public access to reliable and credible information to promote transparency and accountability. Today, this freedom faces growing challenges worldwide, intensified by economic pressures, emerging technologies, hate speech, and other evolving threats.

On World Press Freedom Day, we reaffirm our commitment to safeguarding freedom of expression and supporting journalism as a cornerstone of peace and democracy in Sri Lanka.

For years, India has supported Sri Lanka to provide housing, including for upcountry communities.

During his recent visit, the Vice President of India Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan met families benefiting from these efforts, and heard directly how it has improved their lives.

Between 2012 and 2021, UN-HABITAT Sri Lanka supported with the construction of nearly 20,000 houses, helping families improve living conditions and strengthen livelihoods.

Grateful to India for their continued partnership and investment in housing, especially as communities face growing climate and economic pressures.

India in Sri Lanka (High Commission of India, Colombo) | UN-Habitat Sri Lanka

Earth is our one and only home. Wherever we live, protecting the planet is a shared responsibility.

Mother Earth has given us everything, yet we have repaid her with reckless destruction, said UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday’s International Mother Earth Day.

“We must break our dependence on fossil fuels, protect and restore nature at scale, and deliver climate justice for those who did least to cause this crisis yet suffer the most,” he urged, calling on governments and businesses to step up ambition on climate action.

From reducing food waste to saving energy and buying local, we can all take action and make every day Earth Day.