Australia will certainly give $50 million in Authorities Growth Support to sustain Sri Lanka satisfy immediate food and also medical care demands.
Sri Lanka presently encounters its worst recession in seventy years, causing scarcities of food, medication and also gas.
Australia has a close and also enduring partnership with Sri Lanka. Not just do we wish to assist individuals of Sri Lanka in its time of requirement, there are likewise much deeper repercussions for the area if this dilemma proceeds.
We will certainly add a prompt $22 million to the Globe Food Program for emergency situation food aid to assist 3 million individuals in Sri Lanka satisfy their everyday dietary demands.
Australia will certainly likewise give $23 million in advancement aid to Sri Lanka in 2022-23.
This will certainly sustain wellness solutions, and also financial healing, with a solid focus on securing those in jeopardy, particularly ladies and also women.
These payments remain in enhancement to $5 million lately supplied to United Nations companies for Sri Lanka.