18/03/2013 – Himidurawa, Ampara – The sun started to rise on Saturday the 16th bringing new hopes and dreams to a special family in rural Ampara in the Eastern shores of Sri Lanka. That day Dilshani Lakmali, who’s 15 years old got up early and got dressed not to go to school. School was closed
11/03/2013 – Gampaha, Sri Lanka – As s social responsibility and with the sole intention of increasing professional awareness and assisting to fill in the gaps of knowledge on professional preparedness for safety and health and emergency response in beauty salon industry Sri Lanka Red Cross Society – Gampaha Branch has been implementing an awareness
07/03/2013 – The Puttalam branch of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) conducted a workshop for over 60 villagers in Walahena, Chilaw. The community awareness programme was aimed to developing the knowledge of the villagers with regard to HIV/Aids and other STD’s and more importantly how they can safeguard themselves from these types of
07/02/2013 – Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka: The city Independence Day Celebrations for this year took place in the Nuwara Eliya district under the patronage of the Minister of Estate Affairs Muthusivalingam and also Minister Nimal Piyathissa recently. Students from schools in the district took part with various other individuals from the Government & Non Government
07/02/2013, Mullativu, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s Mullaitivu Branch organized a shramadana activity on 29th of January 2013 at Kalamahal Vidyalayam, in Mulliyawalai, Mullaitivu. SLRCS Staffs, Volunteers and School students were participated in shramadana activity. The objective of this Shramadana was to clear the environment around the school thus helping the students
07/02/2013 – Puttalam, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) with support from the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) handed over 10,000/- LKR to 200 families in the Puttalam district as support towards livelihood resumption for people affected from the recent severe drought. The President of SLRCS Jagath
21/01/2013 – Kurunegala, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) supported by the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has taken steps to assist 20,000 families in 7 districts that faced a severe drought situation during 2012 in rural Sri Lanka. The major intervention is to provide 10,000 rupee
Climate Change Awareness Campaign National Event 2013
09/12/2012 – Muthur, Sri Lanka: The SLRCS Muthur divisional office of the Muthur branch moved to a new building today under the auspices of the President of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) Jagath Abeysinghe. The president opened this building during his visit to the Trincomalee district to look into activities in the region along
23/10/2012: A training for volunteers on water safety, life saving, boat driving and search and rescue was conducted in Bentota, Galle recently in order to build the capacity of these individuals which would enhance their abilities to respond in disasters. The main objectives of the programme was to increase search and rescue capacity of branch level,
