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22/06/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Director General of Sri Lanka Red Cross (SLRCS) Neville Nanayakkara today handed over a consignment of medicine imported in partnership with Direct Relief USA to the Ministry of Health, worth 18 million rupees to the Director General of Health Services of the Ministry of Health Dr. Palitha Mahipala. These

15/06/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka:  President of Sri Lanka Red Cross Jagath Abeysinghe met yesterday with the Minister of Disaster Management Anura Priyadarshana Yapa to discuss as to how both the Ministry and the Sri Lanka Red Cross can work together to ensure a better disaster response in the future. The discussion mostly focused on

09/06/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society will begin construction of 1600 permanent houses to the most vulnerable people in the Estate Sector in Sri Lanka. The funding support to this project comes from the Government of India. Today the agreement with the Government of India was signed between the International Federation

07/06/2016 – Kegalle, Sri Lanka: Over 2000 people continue to remain in temporary shelters in Aranayake after a massive landslide buried three villages in the surrounding areas. During the time of this incident there were around 220 families living in these villages and only 28 bodies have been recovered. Many of the villagers are feared buried alive

07/06/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: In view of World Environmental Day 2016 the Sri Lanka Red Cross in partnership with the Ministry of Mahaweli Development & Environment and the Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management Department and the Sri Lanka Military launched a National Beach Cleaning Campaign across Sri Lanka. Accordingly our volunteers engaged in coast cleaning

01/06/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society has now ended the emergency phase of its operations for floods and landslides in the recent days, that affected closer to half a million people in Sri Lanka. From May 14, heavy downpours caused by a tropical depression in the Bay of Bengal have

“I heard a loud noise as if a helicopter is landing, the very next moment everything came crashing down. I survived thanks to some good deed I have done in my previous life” Murugaiah Navarasakulam, a 40-year-old father of three utters these words in sheer unbelief. He’s one of the persons who are staying at

25/05/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The relief efforts of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) continues in the aftermath of flash floods and landslides experienced in the recent days.  As of now over 200 volunteers from Gampaha, Colombo, Kegalle, Puttalam & Rathnapura have been assisting in proving food relief items (such as rice, dhal, sugar,

UPDATE 4 23/05/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society volunteers continues to provide relief, rescue and aid support to over 300,000 people affected from flash floods and landslides in Sri Lanka. In the recent days Colombo & Gampaha Districts were the worst affected. Most areas in the district were still underwater with

17/05/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: In the past 48hrs over 226,378 people living in 19 districts are affected by flash floods and landslides in Sri Lanka owing to an adverse weather conditions over the country. 8 people were also killed earlier in the day to a landslide. Over 100,000 people were evacuated and are now