26/06/2012 – Wellawaya, Moneragala – People in Thoraara, Ethiliwewa became the proud owners of a community service center that will enable them to develop their community, farming and other services in the village. The Community Service Center is located at the Wellawaya division in Moneragala district and it was built at “L4, Thoraara, Ethiliwewa” under
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
Sri Lanka Red Cross Society Kandy branch organized a First Aid Training Programme for School children in the area from 30th March – 06th of April 2012 under the Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction Programme.
Residents of Monarawewa and Gajabapura villages in Welioya will now have access to clean water as the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s (SLRCS) Anuradhapura Branch launched a massive well cleaning programme in these respective villages.
The Matale branch moved to a new building today under the auspicies of the President of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society Jagath Abeysinghe.
The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society has taken immediate steps to provide much needed aid to the victims of the mini cyclone that swept across the Menik Farm Internally Displaced Camp in Vavuniya.
During the 7 year-long tsunami recovery operation I have been at the inauguration of hundreds of buildings funded by the Red Cross and today I was thrilled to have cut the ribbon to a community centre which won a very prestigious architectural award for the Thalalla community centre in Matara, Sri Lanka.
The Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction (IDRR) program intends to build the capacity not only of community but also the stakeholders including government agencies and its officials
