30
Apr
2012
Prepare for Emergencies
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.
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
A blog note by Bob McKerrow – Head of Delegation of IFRC in Sri Lanka
It was late 1999 when a cyclone and accompanying storm surge hit the island of Sandwip, a small but highly populated island off the coast off Chittagong, on the southeastern coast in Bangladesh.
Seelavathi is a woman born to a Sinhalese family in Rathnapura. Perumal is a man born to a Tamil family and have been living his life in various parts of Jaffna.
04/03/2012 – Ampara, Sri Lanka: As a pilot project Sri Lanka Red Cross Society implemented IDRR project with the funding support of German Red Cross. This project differs from other DRR projects because it highly considers the Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security. Project is implemented in Ampara, Uhana and Thirukkovil DS divisions for selected
Ampara Branch organized the annual First Aid Camp this year on 18th and 19th of February at Manthottama school which is around 40 Km far from Ampara.