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24/07/2017 – Colombo, Sri Lanka:  The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society has scaled up its support towards the National Dengue eradication programme. Accordingly, a sum of 50 million rupees has been allocated to activities to be conducted in the at risk districts of Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara in the next few months. As of now,

20/07/2017 – Colombo, Sri Lanka:  The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society & the Singapore Red Cross entered into a memorandum of understanding to provide relief and care for the people affected by the recent floods and landslides in Sri Lanka. The signing ceremony took place today in Colombo witnessed by the Foreign Minister of Singapore

10/07/2017 – Nuwara-Eliya, Sri Lanka: Owning a house is all that Muniyandi thinks about these days. He dreams of having a house he could build with his own two hands, a house that he can someday pass on to his children and grandchildren. “Things are better for me. Life has been hard. We are not

04/07/2017 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The volunteers of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society along with the Government Public Health Inspectors launched a massive door to door campaign to educate and to raise awareness on the dengue crisis that has ravaged many parts of Sri Lanka. Humid monsoon weather, stagnant water from recent flooding, as well

29/06/2017 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Federal Republic of Germany today donated 16.5 million rupees (100,000 Euros)  for the longer term recovery phase programme for floods and landslides that occurred in the month of May this year. The funds will be mainly utilized for water & sanitation along with hygiene promotion activities. Accordingly the signing

19/06/2017 – Various Locations, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society continues its effort to ensure that people who were affected by floods in rural Sri Lanka will avert another health crisis by ensuring that they are provided with quality medical care within their village. Accordingly Sri Lanka Red Cross has this time tied up

 10/06/2017 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society which has launched an array of humanitarian response across the nation after floods and landslides devastated over 7 districts and affecting over half a million people. Over 220 people lost their lives from incidents as a result of the calamities. Even prior to the

01/06/2017 – Colombo, Sri Lanka —The Red Cross is concerned about the spread of water-borne diseases in the aftermath of the catastrophic floods and landslides that have engulfed south-western Sri Lanka in recent days. The floods – triggered by the beginnings of Tropical Cyclone Mora – were the worst to hit Sri Lanka in 14 years.

UPDATE 6 As the rain holds up, the disaster situation prevailed in the island is gradually diminishing. There was no significant rain fall reported from the areas which were affected by floods & landslides. As the access to affected areas has become easier and people are being provided with relief with support of relief agencies,

22/05/2017 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society in partnership with Global Shapers Colombo Hub held a medical camp in Meethotamulla recently to assist the people still affected from the garbage dump collapse. Over 200 people received treatment from this camp. They were treated to various ailments and diseases that could be