Impact
Flood Relief Colombo
In May 2016, Sri Lanka was struck by severe flooding which resulted in the displacement of many people. Colombo Hub initiated a system with five phases to assist the persons affected:
- Phase one was the Rescue and Response phase where Shapers helped coordinate the relief effort, collected funds and deployed vehicles to help with donations.
- Phase two was to deploy immediate aid.
- Phase three was helping to clean houses and send personal care packs.
- Phase four was long-term rehabilitation.
- Phase five was working with Environmental Scientist and Disaster Resilience expert Shayani Weerasinghe to look back on lessons learned in disaster relief.
The goals of the project were:
- Providing emergency relief to persons affected by natural disasters.
- Improving disaster relief skills of Hub members.