Children in Sri Lanka are facing life-threatening risks after Cyclone Ditwah.
When Cyclone Ditwah made landfall on 28 November 2025, it triggered severe flooding and landslides, widespread displacement, and major damage to homes, schools, health facilities, and water systems. Over 1.8 million people, including children, have been affected, while hundreds have lost their lives or remain missing. Rescue efforts are ongoing across Sri Lanka, but are being hampered by power cuts, landslides, and blocked roads.
The destruction of homes and vital infrastructure, along with the disruption of essential services, has forced families into unsafe living conditions and increased the risks of disease outbreaks, malnutrition, and severe emotional distress among children.
Families who are already struggling with the lingering impacts of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis are now facing an even more desperate situation. Children urgently need your help. Please donate today.
Cyclone Ditwah: Children in Sri Lanka
Help children in Sri Lanka affected by severe floods and landslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah.
How will my donation help support children in Sri Lanka?
Even in the face of an escalating emergency, UNICEF continues to deliver for every child, despite limited access. Here’s how you can help children and families in Sri Lanka.
- $100 could provide 16,667 water purification tablets, each able to create up to 5 litres of clean drinking water.
- $135 could provide 252 sachets of lifesaving ready-to-eat therapeutic food that could help treat two children with severe malnutrition.
- $311 could deliver one School-in-a-Box kit with enough education supplies to keep 40 students learning.
How do we use each dollar donated?
- 80¢on average, 80 cents to every dollar spent for the past three years went directly to helping children in need, including long-term programs, emergency response and community education.
- 20¢on average, 14 cents to every dollar spent for the past three years went to essential fundraising costs that helped us generate more impact for children, 6 cents went to admin costs, such as keeping your personal data safe.
How do we use each dollar donated?
