Main News
By Sakshi Selvanathan and Ganga Kariyawasam Lalitha Damayanthi Kumari is an enterprising female farmer. Living in the Vitharanagama village (in the Polpithigama Divisional Secretariat of Kurunegala), Lalitha engages in cattle rearing and home gardening
By Sakshi Selvanathan and Samadhee Attanayake It is no novel revelation that COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on Sri Lanka and the localities within the island – and the national medical system is no exception to
By Sakshi Selvanathan Nestled within the verdant hills of the Bogawana estate of the Bridwell division in Nuwara Eliya, lies the newly constructed house of 55-year-old Mrs Sivanu Poopathy – now inhabited by herself,
By Sakshi Selvanathan (07th August 2020) In the present context where countless processes have ground to a halt in the face of the relentless COVID-19 outbreak, some remain uncompromisable, and rightly so. One such
By Sakshi Selvanathan – (18th June 2020) Our extensive volunteer network has been the propelling force behind our humanitarian endeavors from the very inception of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s emergency response to the
By Sakshi Selvanathan – 12th June 2020 (Colombo) The bittersweet joy of only a handful of life’s moments can compare to that of a mother finally reconnecting with her child, after more than half a
UPDATE #22 8th February 2021 – Every child deserves to grow up in a safe and nurturing environment – and amid the COVID-19 epidemic, one of the easiest and most important ways to stave the
(Colombo, Sri Lanka), On the 20th March, the awareness raising mandate of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society broadened its scope with the new collaborations forged with the Ministry of Transport Services Management, in addition to
In the face of a burgeoning COVID-19 outbreak, Sri Lanka Red Cross has been engaging in a vigorous awareness-raising campaign to educate the general public about the virus and the necessary precautions to be exercised