Proud to extend our helping hand! Sri Lanka Red Cross Society‘s Galle Branch along with International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies donates two Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds to Bentota Divisional Hospital, strengthening rural healthcare.
It was a memorable day for Sri Lanka Red Cross Society Kandy Branch and Matale Branch, as we answered the call from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to provide First Aid services at Sigiriya, welcoming representatives from 68 countries. We were deeply honoured to be present along with the UNDP at the Cultural Triangle
Kandy, Sri Lanka – August 2023 In the heart of the picturesque city of Kandy, where culture and tradition blend seamlessly, an annual spectacle comes to life: the Esala Perahera. A vibrant procession filled with majestic elephants, dancers, and fervent devotees parading through the streets, it’s an event that captivates the senses and honors age-old
Sri Lanka Red Cross Society together with the financial support from Ernst and Young (EY) Global Delivery is organising a series of 10 medical camps in the Colombo District, targeting the families earning a low income and are unable to afford to buy medicine used to treat non-communicable diseases due to inflation. The monetary value
By Meleeza Rathnayake (Assistant Manager, Reporting & Communications of SLRCS) Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) has always been at the forefront of assisting people, and the Kolonnawa area was identified as an area within the country that required significant attention. For a long time, the Colombo District Branch of the SLRCS provided structural responses
SLRCS hosts a Knowledge and Experience Sharing Field Visit for the Agriculture Students of UoP in response to the Ground Water Recharging for Disaster Preparedness Project COLOMBO-March 20, 2023: Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS), Sri Lanka’s largest humanitarian organisation, hosted a two-day residential programme for undergraduates from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya
By Achini Kavindi (Acting Focal Point for First-Aid/Communications Officer of SLRCS) and Kate Marshall (Surge Communications of IFRC) KOLONNAWA, WESTERN PROVINCE, SRI LANKA – “My sister gets 2,900 rupees through the Samurdhi Fund and the Elderly Allowance. That’s all we have to live for a month”…. said an old woman from Kolonnawa living in a
By Ganga Kariyawasam (Manager, Reporting and Quality Assurance of SLRCS) Kurunegala District, Western Province, Sri Lanka – The farmers in the dry zone are highly vulnerable to the changing climate, resulting constant crop failures due to drought, intense rains, pest and disease attacks. On top of that, land degradation, collapse of minor irrigation systems, high
Bee keeping: creating an essential link in earth’s ecology and an ecofriendly source of income By Ganga Kariyawasam (Manager, Reporting and Quality Assurance of SLRCS) KURUNEGALA DISTRICT, WESTERN PROVINCE, SRI LANKA – Pollination is an essential factor for the existence of life, and is critical in increasing the number of most plant species on Earth.
06/05/2016 – Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s National Youth Camp for 2016 was organized by the Organizational Development Department in collaboration with Polannaruwa Branch of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society at Youth Corps Training Centre Aralaganwila, Polannaruwa from 29th April to 02 May 2016 with the participation of 50 Red Cross Youth members from
