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
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
