General Country Information
Capital: Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte (administrative)
Population: 21,513,990 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Democratic Socialist Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 3.446 million (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 11.082 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 6,096 (2009)
Internet users: 1.164 million (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.35
World Rank 2005/2006: 114
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Association of Women with Disabilities (AKASA)
Pahalagama Road, Kongollewa
Talawa, North Central Province
Sri Lanka
http://www.akasa.lk
Email: akasa7@sltnet.lk
Tel: +94-25-5670329
Central Council of Disabled Persons
P.O. Box 05, Kinigama Road
Bandarawela, Uva, 90100
Sri Lanka
http://www.ccodp.org
Email: ccouncil@sltnet.lk
Tel: +94-57-2222698 / +94-57-2222701
Central Federation of the Deaf
58 Negombo Road
Tudella, Ja-Ela
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94-011-224-4687 / +94-77-324-2860
Disability Organizations Joint Front
368,Galle Road, Ratmalana
Western Province, 10370
Sri Lanka
http://www.dojf.org
Email: dojf@sltnet.lk
Tel: +94-112-721383
Fax: +94-112-721383
Human Link of Disabled Persons
376B, Makkamady Road, Maruthamunai 03
Kalmunai, Eastern Province
Ampara District 32314
Sri Lanka
Email: supporters@sltnet.lk
Tel: +94-67-2229171 / +94-60-2675481
Fax: +94-67-2229171
Millennium Institute for Children with Special Needs
No. 700/6, Gonawala
Kelanya, Colombo
Sri Lanka
http://www.egait.com/clients_demo/Millennium/aboutus.html
Email: joniajs@yahoo.com
Tel: +94-777-772727
Sri Lanka Confederation of Organizations of the Handicapped People - DPI National Assembly
No. 20, Sir James Peiris Mawatha
Colombo-02
Sri Lanka
http://www.slcohp.org
Email: info@slcohp.org
Tel: +94-11-2302845 / +94-11-2611056
Fax: +94-11-2610648
Sri Lanka Council for the Blind
No.74 SLCB Building, Church Street
Colombo-02
Sri Lanka
http://www.srilankablindcouncil.org
Email: slcblind@sltnet.lk
Tel: +94-11-2329564
Fax: +94-11-2329564
Sri Lanka Federation of the Visually Handicapped
No.74, Church Street
Colombo-02
Sri Lanka
http://www.slfvh.org
Email: slfovh@sltnet.lk
Tel: +94-11-2305256
Fax: +94-11-2437768
Sri Lanka National Federation of Special Needs Persons
No. 21/5 Polhengoda Gardens
Colombo 00500
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94-1-819-427
Fax: +94-1-441-222