Harvesting success after floods

Posted on Monday, January 23rd, 2012

As usual Nishshanka Prasanna Technical officer for the Flood Recovery Programme started his daily routine by visiting Red Cross beneficiaries.

Enhancing community response on Early Warning

Posted on Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

  18/01/2012 – Galle, Sri Lanka: According to Early Warning System audit reports, it is evident that the knowledge on risk reduction is very low among communities, those who are living in disaster prone areas in the Gin ganga basin. Considering the above fact, Galle Branch of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society commenced risk reduction activities to enhance community

Reviewing the Recovery Practitioners Handbook

Posted on Friday, January 13th, 2012

An opinion piece by – Bob Mckerrow – Head of Delegation, IFRC, Sri Lanka   When you are dog tired after 3 months of running a disaster relief operation, exhausted from having early recovery planning thrust on you, your wife is threatening to divorce you, then suddenly your boss comes along and in a chirpy

A war-free land

Posted on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

  11 January 2012 , By – David Brown, Asia Manager for Australian Red Cross   The war is over but now the people of Sri Lanka have the hard task of rebuilding their lives and homes. David Brown, Asia Manager for Australian Red Cross, writes about his personal experiences visiting people who are benefiting