28/07/2016 – Mannar, Sri Lanka: Tracing missing people is no easy task. But Ravi Kumar, a Volunteer Tracing Coordinator (VTC) in the Mannar branch of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS), understands the challenges well. During the uprising in 1983, Ravi Kumar, his mother and two older sisters were separated from his father, and
27/07/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society today distributed tools for livelihoods to former inmates who were released under a special license for good behavior. The event took place at the Sri Lanka Prison’s Department in Colombo today. President of Sri Lanka Red Cross Jagath Abeysinghe, the Deputy Director General Sudath Madugalle,
21/07/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) in partnership with Oxfam Sri Lanka distributed disinfection kits to over 500 families in Shalamulla, Kolonnawa today. This is part of the SLRCS Flood & Landslide Recovery and Reconstruction Operation. People living in this village are one of the worst affected in the Colombo
17/07/2016 – Monaragala, Sri Lanka: The district of Monaragala recorded its highest temperature in the month of April 2016, with significant changes in the weather. A month later monsoonal rains brought in minor flooding to the district as well. These erratic weather patterns has now become a normality and the usual trend in rain has ceased to exist.
17/07/2016 – Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s Mullaitivu Branch as part of its disaster mitigation activities conducted a simulation for students in the Mullaitivu Educational Zone where over 250 students took part. Students from Aarumugathankulam GTM School, Unnappilavu Tamil School, Murippu Tamil School, and Ampalavan Pokkanai School took part in this activity. Located in the
09/07/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society in partnership with the Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka (Media Unit), Dengue Unit of the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka Tri Armed Forces, Sri Lanka Police, Civil Defense Force and the Colombo Municipal Council launched a dengue eradication and awareness campaign within the city limits
05/07/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The technologically improved clay water filter produced jointly by efforts of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society and the Industrial Technology Institute for the use of persons exposed to chronic kidney disease conditions were handed over to selected beneficiaries by President Maithripala Sirisena at a ceremony organized by the Presidential
04/07/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society in partnership with the Colombo Chamber of Commerce, the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation, Durdans Hospital, The Ministry of Disaster Management, The Ministry of Mass Media and E3X Global organized a workshop for journalists in Colombo, to raise awareness on the importance of their roles in
Early in the morning Chameera makes his way to the Colombo Branch of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) in order to be part of the briefings for the operations team that will engage in well cleaning activities within the district. The branch has been cleaning wells, since floods in the Colombo district, two
29/06/2016 – Monaragala, Sri Lanka: The Monaragala Branch of the Sri Lanka Red Cross (SLRCS) has launched a door to door campaign in association with Public Health Officials of the district in order to raise awareness among residents in the area on how to prevent the rise of dengue. Dengue has been one of the health
