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Urgent Relief Supplies Needed for Sri Lanka

Cyclone Ditwah has left thousands displaced and in urgent need of essentials like food, water, medicine, and shelter. We’re calling on generous supporters to send in-kind donations of priority items listed below.

All donations will be exempted from duties and taxes under the government’s emergency relief clearance process.

In order to avail of the duty-free clearance, the relief consignments should be addressed to the following consignee:

Secretary to the Ministry of Defence,
Disaster Management Center (DMC),
Vidya Mawatha,
Colombo 07,
Sri Lanka

For smooth and expeditious clearance process, please include a List of Items with the quantity and estimated value for Customs purposes

👉 Please refer to this link for full instructions on how to ship your items duty-free.

Emergency Relief Requirements

As of 01-12-2025 [Download]
As of 02-12-2025 [Download]

Search, Rescue and Post Disaster Requirements

  • Mega Phones
  • Rescue Ropes
  • Re-Chargeable Torches
  • Rescue Tubes
  • Search Lights
  • Safety Helmets
  • Helmets with Head Lamp
  • Head Mount Torches
  • Boats with 40HP engine capacity
  • Chain Blocks
  • Flash Lights
  • Generators
  • Harnesses
  • Life Jackets
  • Gum Boots
  • Mini Excavators
  • Concrete Cutters
  • Rain coats
  • Torches with Batteries
  • Umbrellas
  • Inflatable Rescue Boats
  • Emergency Mobile Frizzing Unit
  • Safety Goggles
  • Shovels/ Mamoties
  • Catamarans

Safe House Operations

A. Clothes

  • Ladies & Gents Clothes
  • Baby Clothes
  • Ladies & Gents Under garments
  • Socks

B. Shelter & Bedding

  • Sleeping Mattresses ( Foldable )
  • Bed Sheets and pillows
  • Blankets and Baby Blankets
  • Mosquito Nets
  • Plastic Base Tarpaulins
  • Tents
  • Rub Halls
  • Portable emergency Folding Beds
  • Ground Sheets
  • Mats

C. Personal Hygiene

  • Mobile Toilets
  • Baby Diapers and Adult Diapers
  • Toilet Soaps
  • Tooth pastes
  • Tooth Brush
  • Soaps and Shampoo
  • Sanitary pads
  • Wet wipes
  • Slippers
  • Towels

D. Cleaning items

  • Water Pumps
  • Water Purification Plants
  • Pressure Guns
  • Cleaning liquids
  • Hand Wash
  • Toilet Brushes/ Brooms/ Ekel Brooms
  • Garbage Bags
  • Detergent Powder
  • Bleaching powder/ Cleaning Soda
  • Naphthalene Balls

E. Medical Items

  • Gloves
  • Masks
  • First aid kits

F. Utensils

  • Gas Burners
  • 2 core electrical cables
  • Plastic Basins
  • Plastic Plates
  • Plastic Buckets
  • Plastic Mugs
  • Kitchen Utensils
  • Candles

G. Other

  • Water tanks

H. Dry Rations

  • Dhal
  • Soya meat
  • Dry fish
  • Canned Fish
  • Rice
  • Biscuits
  • Noodles
  • Sugar
  • Tea (Powder)
  • Milk Powder
  • Salt
  • Baby food
  • Baby milk powder
  • Cooking oil
  • Bottled water
  • Potato
  • Condiments
  • Onion
  • Ready to eat meals

Water Supply

Equipment

  • Submersible pump, generator, and crew cab (cleaning equipment for all island-wide household wells and for transport) – 12 sets
  • Long-arm excavator for cleaning the reservoirs – 2 Nos
  • Jetting-sucker machine for emptying the septic tanks – 1 No
  • Ovens for baking motors – 2 units
  • Low Bed for pipe transport – 1 No
  • Generator 400kva – 1 No
  • Generator 100kva – 3 Nos
  • Submissible Dewatering Pumps (80mm dia.) – 12 Nos
  • Portable 5KVA Generators – 12 Nos
  • PE Butt Fusion Welding Machine (range 225mm-630 mm) – 01 No
  • Submersible pump (Flow rate 250 cum/hr., Head 55) – 12 Nos

Chemicals

  • AluVer 3 Aluminum Reagent Powder Pillow, 10 ml – 500 (pk 100)
  • Ascorbic Acid Reagent Powder Pillow, 10 ml – 500 (pk 100)
  • Bleaching 3 Reagent Powder Pillow, 10 ml – 500 (pk 100)
  • DPD no 1 Rapid Tablets (10 ml) – 500 (pk 250)
  • Aluminum no 01 & 02 Tablets 10 ml (residual Alum) – 500 (pk 100)
  • DPD no 3 Tablets (10 ml) – 100 (pk 250)

Pipes

  • 63 mm HDPE pipes (PN 16) – 30 km
  • 90 mm HDPE pipes (PN 16) – 20 km
  • 110 mm HDPE pipes (PN 16) – 10 km

Road Development

Components for 4.2m Extra-Wide Compact 200 Bailey Bridges

  • Swaybrace – EW (MC 134) – 6622
  • Brace- Vertical (MC 222) – 6622
  • Baseplate – Single Bearing (MC 236) – 228
  • Kerb (MC 300) – 6622
  • Chord Reinforcement – Heavy (MC 304) – 1624
  • Pin – Panel (MC 307) – 4120
  • Clip – Panel Pin (MC 307 A) – 8240
  • Frame – Vertical (MC312) – 314
  • Post – End – Male (MC 317) – 114
  • Post – End – Female (MC 317) – 114
  • Frame – Bracing – 730 (MC 358) – 324
  • Beam – Tie – 457 (MC 329) – 60
  • Deck – 1050 (MC360) – 1324
  • EOB Deck infill- 4.2m (MC 364) – 74
  • Deck Screw (MC 378P) – 5888
  • Deck – Nut (MC 379) – 5888
  • Panel – Super (MC411) – 942
  • Panel – Super – High shear (MC412) – 276
  • Frame – Vertical (MC 417) – 40
  • Bolt – Bracing (MC 430) – 6662
  • Bolt – Transom (MC431) – 3808
  • Bold- Chord (MC433) – 6496
  • Nut – M 24 (MC 436) – 1696
  • Transom 4.2m (MC 454) – 368
  • Raker – 200- 457/406 (MC 458) – 232
  • Bearing – Fixed (NLC 19030) – 114
  • Bearing – Sliding (NLC 19031) – 114

Components for 7.35 m wide two lane Compact 200 Bailey Bridges

  • Brace- Vertical (MC 222) – 660
  • Baseplate – Single Bearing (MC 236) – 352
  • Kerb (MC 300) – 660
  • Chord Reinforcement – Heavy (MC 304) – 1392
  • Pin – Panel (MC 307) – 4540
  • Clip – Panel Pin (MC 307 A) – 9080
  • Post – End – Male (MC 317) – 176
  • Post – End – Female (MC 318) – 176
  • Swaybrace 7.35m (MC 331) – 1320
  • Frame – Bracing – 730 (MC 359) – 496
  • Deck – 1050 (MC360) – 2310
  • EOB Deck infill- 7.35m (MC 366) – 82
  • Deck Screw (MC 378P) – 10388
  • Deck – Nut (MC 379) – 10388
  • Panel – Super (MC411) – 1044
  • Panel – Super – High shear (MC412) – 432
  • Frame – Vertical 730/610 (MC 418) – 578
  • Beam Tie 730 (MC 419) – 164
  • Bolt – Bracing (MC 430) – 8094
  • Bolt – Transom (MC431) – 5424
  • Bold- Chord (MC433) – 5568
  • Nut – M 24 (MC 436) – 19086
  • Transom 7.35m (MC 457) – 371
  • Bearing – Fixed (NLC 19030) – 176
  • Bearing – Sliding (NLC 19031) – 176

Fishing Industry

  • 19.5 ft OBM Boats – 50 Units
  • Outboard Engines (25-45 HP) – 50 Units
  • Multiday Fishing Boats – 5 Units
  • Fish Feed- Fry & Fingerling Feed – 10 MT
  • Broodstock for Carp Species (Catla, Rohu, Grass Carp etc.) – Min 25 males + females per species
  • Ornamental Fish Broodstock & Fry (Koi, Tetra, Barb, Goldfish, Molly, Angelfish, Zebra etc.) – 50 pairs per species
  • Toray Yarn – Nylon Polyamide (2×10, 4×20, 6×30, 8×40) – 17,500 kg per type (40 ft container each)

For further clarifications, please contact the following;

Disaster Management Center:

Mr. Jagath Mahendra – Deputy Director
Mobile : +94773957905
e-Mail : jagathm@dmc.gov.lk

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism:

Mr. Sugeeshwara Gunaratna
Mobile: +94702338591
e-Mail: sugeeshwara.gunaratna@mfa.gov.lk

Ms. Anzul Jhan
Mobile: +94712499254
E-Mail: anzul.jhan@mfa.gov.lk

Sri Lanka Customs:

email: relief25@customs.gov.lk
Hotline: +94704752823

Let’s stand together and help rebuild lives.