04/04/2016 – Badulla, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s (SLRCS) Badulla Branch has been working with several communities within the district in order to ensure their capacity of facing future disasters are met. In 2014, due to heavy rains the district of Badulla faced severe landslides. In the same year 16 people were killed
01/04/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The President of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society Jagath Abeysinghe along with the Chairman of the Finance Commission Prasanna Dassanayake was on an official visit to the Taiwan Red Cross Organization and also took part in the National Disaster Exercise conducted by the Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan, in Nantou County
01/04/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) in collaboration with the Industrial Technological Institute (ITI) and Red Cross Machinery Organization (Redmo) has designed a new water filter that has the ability to filter out harmful chemicals causing chronic kidney disease to hundreds of thousands of people across Sri Lanka. Chronic
09/03/2016 – Monaragala, Sri Lanka: The Monaragala Branch of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) has been implementing a project to provide water purification plants in Edurugal Yaya village in the Monaragala District. This is one of the villages where there is a rise of kidney diseases due to unsafe drinking water. Chronic kidney
04/03/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: A programme that has provided housing for more than 100,000 conflict-affected people in the north of Sri Lanka is an example of the unique and long-term impact that sustained, community-level engagement can have, even in the most complex of settings, said the Secretary General of the IFRC. “This programme has
01/03/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies Mr. Elhadj As Sy, who’s on a three day official visit to Sri Lanka says that in the much challenged world of humanitarian assistance, its vital for National Societies like the Sri Lanka Red Cross to
29 February 2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Mr. Elhadj As Sy will arrive in Sri Lanka on 1 March for a three day official visit during which he will visit the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s Post Conflict Recovery Programme in
10/02/2016 – Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka: A new branch building constructed by support from the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Canadian Red Cross (CRC) was opened yesterday (09th Feb) with the participation of branch officials, staff and volunteers under the auspices of the President of Sri Lanka Red Cross Jagath
06/02/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s Colombo Branch recently donated an ambulance to the Kilinochchi branch in view to carry out much needed first aid and other services aiding them to enhance their income generation projects through commercial first aid. The handing over was made by the Chairman and National
12/01/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The President along with the Governance of Sri Lanka Red Cross is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr. Neville Nanayakkara as the new Director General of the Society. Mr. Nanayakkara assumed duties of this position from the 10th of January 2016. Mr. Nanayakkara comes in with a wealth of expertise in managing major
