09/08/2012, Monaragala, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s Moneragala branch upon a request from the District Secretary of the Moneragala District took steps to distribute drinking water for the people in the area who were severely affected by the drought that is prevailing in certain parts of Sri Lanka. Moneragala is the second

09/08/2012 – Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka:  Sri Lanka Red Cross Mullaitivu branch organized a three days hygiene promotion workshop from recently at the Branch Meeting Hall under the Volunteers in Action component with support of the Red Cross Post Conflict Recovery Programme. 25 volunteers actively participated in this programme which was aimed at promoting better hygiene among communities in

02/08/2012 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: From providing first aid to delivering relief to most vulnerable, Red Cross volunteers plays a key role during disasters. According to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) definition, a volunteer is someone who works for a more humane and peaceful world by delivering services directly

By Rifkhan Arbee, SLRCS Colombo Branch 26/06/2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka The Dengue crisis in Sri Lanka has been and is still a huge disadvantage to the community of Sri Lanka and therefore the Sri Lanka Red Cross Societys Colombo Branch is challenged by the dengue crisis and is already implementing some of their ideas in

By Mahieash Johnney, Communications & Information Manager in Colombo, Sri Lanka 17.07.2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) working in partnership with the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) signed an agreement with the Government of India to reach out to more families affected by the conflict

28/06/2012 – Galle, Sri Lanka:  Red Cross Branch Disaster response team was given a custom-tailored training on basic GPS navigation, Satellite & Radio Communications recently at the Galle branch. Nearly 20 BDRT members attended the training workshop which was conducted by the ICRC resource personals. The main objective of the workshop was to give a comprehensive

26/06/2012 – Wellawaya, Moneragala – People in Thoraara, Ethiliwewa became the proud owners of a community service center that will enable them to develop their community, farming and other services in the village. The Community Service Center is located at the Wellawaya division in Moneragala district and it was built at  “L4, Thoraara, Ethiliwewa” under

26/06/2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka – The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s (SLRCS) Colombo branch organized a cleaning campaign to curb dengue in the Sedawatta & Dahampura GN divisions in the Kolonnawa Divisional Secretariat within the Colombo district. This initiative was supported by the Red Cross “Integrated programme for Community Resilience” . These cleanings campaigns took place in mostly

21/06/2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) has launched an awareness campaign to combat the rise of dengue and to raise awareness of the public on how they can safeguard themselves from this epidemic. According to the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health Sri Lanka, during the last 6 months

22/06/2012 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Colombo branch of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society launched a campaign against dengue by engaging school children in the Homagama area.The branch organised an art exhibition, involving school children from 30 schools within the Homagama Educational Zone. Schools were requested to submit 10 best drawings from each school,