17/10/2015 – Monaragala, Sri Lanka: The Moneragala Branch of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society recently handed over a clean water system to the students of the Monarawana Junior School in Medagama division in the Monaragala District. There are over 200 school children studying in this school with grades from year 1 to ordinary level.

26/09/2015 – Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka: At least seven people were killed and over 180 others affected as torrential rains triggered landslides in Sri Lanka’s central hill area. Several houses were swept away in the landslides after heavy rains lashed central Nuwara Eliya district’s Kotmale area on Friday. A two-year-old child was among seven people killed

21/09/2015 – Kalutara & Mullativu, Sri Lanka: Coast conservation Authority and the District Secretary’s Office of Kalutara organized a coastal belt cleaning program behalf of International Coastal Cleaning Day which fell on the 19th of September 2015. This cleaning  program was conducted in  Aluthgama, Kalutara to Panadura along the Kalutara district coastal belt. There were over 4000 members from the community

12/09/2015 – Colombo, Sri Lanka. Today is World First Aid Day.  This year we focus on providing this life saving skills to the aging population. Everyone should know how to save a life. Age is no barrier. Every five seconds, someone in the world dies from an injury. Anyone, anywhere, at any time can suffer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10th August 2015  The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society would like to clarify and provide information to the public about the vehicle that was loaned to the Siriliya Saviya Foundation. Sri Lanka Red Cross (then Ceylon Red Cross) was founded in 1936 and was later ratified by the Geneva Convention of 12th

07/07/2015 – Kandy, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society recently organized a social cohesion programme where students from various district meets to have a fellowship and to share ideas and build better relations. The event took place at the Kandy Branch of Sri Lanka Red Cross where over 25 students from Kegalle and

24/06/2015 – Moneragala, Sri Lanka: Rebuilding a house after a disaster is not an easy task. The cost and resources needed, do not come easily and the cost for construction items continuously keeps rising. Even for organizations like Sri Lanka Red Cross Society, its a difficult task to match the cost of a disaster and to

14/06/2015 – Kathmandu, Nepal – The President of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society Jagath Abeysinghe and the Director General Tissa Abeywickrama in discussions with Nepal Red Cross President & Secretary General pledged their longer term support to help the country recovery from the recent earthquake that killed over 8500 and devastated the whole country. Both

12/06/2015 – Kathmandu, Nepal – The President of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society Jagath Abeysinghe along with the Director General Tissa Abeywickrama visited Nepal recently to held discussions with the President and Secretary General of Nepal Red Cross with regard to the rebuilding process after a  7.9 tremor devestated the country in April. As soon

Mahieash Johnney & Zafran Packeerally in Colombo contributed to this story…  28/05/2015 – Jaffna, Sri Lanka: The Post Conflict Recovery of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) supported by the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and funded by the Indian Government has completed over 11,100 permanent houses resulting in over