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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

“The workshop held by the Cash Working Group was a great opportunity to obtain an overview of updated information related to cash transfer programmes within different organizations, and to enhance knowledge about the role of FSP in cash transfer programming”, said Udari Samarakoon, Project Manager at Sri Lanka Red Cross Society United Nations Sri Lanka

Strong local providers are a must for efficient humanitarian response; Red Cross disaster report finds.        The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) launched the World Disaster Report (WDR) 2022 in Sri Lanka, in the presence of the movement’s leaders for South Asia. The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society

(By Meleeza Rathnayake, Assistant Manager, Reporting and Communications of SLRCS)   The economic downturn in Sri Lanka in 2022 caused unrest among the country’s civilians, causing chaos on the island and thrusting the country’s name into the global spotlight. During these trying times in the country, the need for medicines and medical equipment was widely

May 8 marks the birth anniversary of Henry Dunant, the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize COLOMBO, May 8, 2023: Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS), the country’s largest humanitarian organisation, commemorated World Red Cross and Red Crescent (WRCRC) Day 2023 with

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.