31/08/2013 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Branch Disaster Response Team of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s Colombo branch was deployed on the 31st of August when an accidental fire left 37 families homeless, in the Gemunupura temporary block (GN Division: Samanthranapura) Mattakuliya. The area of Gemunupura is highly populated as people have built houses
17/05/2013 – The E3X Global Group, a software company in Sri Lanka donated electronic equipment to the Red Cross Colombo branch recently. The set of equipment was handed over to the President of SLRCS Colombo Branch Jagath Abeysinghe by the CEO of E3X Global Group Dr. Amila Kangkanamge at the National Headquarters of the SLRCS
03/04/2013 – The Sudhdhodhana Maha Maya Maha Perehera took place on the 27th, 28th, 29th and the 30th of March 2013 in the Pannipitiya Dewuramwera Temple. Being one of the major activities conducted by the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society, Colombo Branch the branch provided 30 numbers of First Aiders from the Junior Red Cross
22/10/2012: On Sunday the 14th of October 2012 the community of Dahampura, 101 Watta and 23 Watta were helpless when a patch of land which is situated very close to the community that is used to dump garbage shifted due to the pressure exerted by the weight of garbage dumped over the years destroying most
24/09/2012 – The Colombo Branch and the Medical Officer of Health (MOH) office of Kaduwela Division organized a Primary health care and nutrition clinic for the Brukwaththa Red Cross Preschool recently. The MOH, Dr. Bandula was present in the Pre School premises with a group nurses to give the children a full body checkup. Dr.
19/08/12 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The ICPR project covers Colombo, Badulla, Mannar, kegalle and Matara. The IPCR team working in the Colombo Branch of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society selected 05 GN divisions as a project implementing area in Kolonnawa and Homagama DS divisions for the Vulnerability Capacity Assessment. This assessment initially took place at
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
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
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,
14/06/2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Colombo branch of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society moved to a new permanent home today located in Kottawa. The new branch building comes with the support of Canadian Red Cross, Spanish Red Cross, Thaiwan Red Cross Organization, American Red Cross and also with internal funding of the society. The
