22/12/2016 – Matale, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s (SLRCS) Health & Care Programme’s continuation support towards eradicating kidney diseases in rural Sri Lanka continues with another attempt to raise awareness and to educate the public of the importance of clean drinking water and how it can help people eradicate and prevent chronic kidney
21/12/2016 – Mannar, Sri Lanka: A volunteer appreciation programme was conducted by the Mannar Branch of Sri Lanka Red Cross recently in order to appreciate the hard work by the volunteers on various projects of the branch. 104 such volunteers who are working for health and nutrition project travelled to Trincomalee District for the event. Most of these
21/12/2016 – Hatton, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Estate Housing Project, that began mid this year is moving ahead with beneficiary selection and providing the ground work for over 1600 families to get permanent housing. These houses will enrich and enhance the quality of life of the estate worker who currently live in line houses.
22/12/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The second phase of distribution of items to the flood affected in the Colombo district took place today in Megoda Kolonnawa and Belagama in the Kolonnawa division. This is part of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s (SLRCS) partnership with the UNHabitat to distributed non food relief items such as bedsheets and
Message by the President of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society Jagath Abeysinghe for International Volunteer Day 2016 On International Volunteer Day today, we recognize millions of people around the world who give their time and talent to tackle global challenges: from volunteers working in their own communities on climate change adaptation and poverty reduction to
05/12/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: On this day we celebrate the power of volunteerism. Volunteering fosters creativity, draws strength from our passions and connects us to those who need us most. Volunteerism is a global phenomenon that transcends boundaries, religions and cultural divides. Volunteers embody the fundamental values of commitment, inclusiveness, civic engagement and a sense
01/12/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: Despite the progress made against HIV over the past 15 years and the availability of proven prevention and treatment methods, the annual number of new HIV infections among adults has remained static, at an estimated 1.9 million a year since 2010 the world over. Moreover, there has been resurgence of
30/11/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: Dengue, Chikungunya and in the recent past Zika has now become a menace to communities across the world. In Sri Lanka alone dengue has affected 2283 cases island-wide for this year alone. Accordingly, a collective programme by the Government, Aid Workers and other partners in the field have been working around
The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the below donors who have indeed made our humanitarian assistance to the People of Sri Lanka better. Kindly note that this page is updated on a monthly basis, hence if your name does not appear, it will be updated in the