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08/05/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: All around the world, every hour of every day, the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is at work. World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day – celebrated each year on 8 May – is an opportunity to recognise the amazing work of volunteers and staff who go out saving lives

08/05/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka:  World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, 8 May, is an opportunity to celebrate the bravery and the achievements of the 17 million volunteers and nearly half a million staff members who ensure that we keep our commitment to humanity every day, by being there before, during, and after a

06/05/2016 – Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka:  The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s National Youth Camp for 2016 was organized by the  Organizational Development Department in collaboration with Polannaruwa Branch of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society at Youth Corps Training Centre Aralaganwila, Polannaruwa from 29th April to 02 May 2016 with the participation of  50 Red Cross Youth members from

22/04/2016 – Kandy, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Red Cross Society pioneers in First Aid in Sri Lanka continues to enhance the quality and knowledge of First Aid across the island. Accordingly a First Aid Instructor Refresher Training Course for 2016 began at the Rural Development Training & Research Institute (RDTRI), Pilimatalawa, in Kandy yesterday (21stApril 2016). 70

04/04/2016 – Badulla, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s (SLRCS) Badulla Branch has been working with several communities within the district in order to ensure their capacity of facing future disasters are met. In 2014, due to heavy rains the district of Badulla faced severe landslides. In the same year 16 people were killed

01/04/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The President of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society Jagath Abeysinghe along with the Chairman of the Finance Commission Prasanna Dassanayake was on an official visit to the Taiwan Red Cross Organization and also took part in the National Disaster Exercise conducted by the Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan, in Nantou County

01/04/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) in collaboration with the Industrial Technological Institute (ITI) and Red Cross Machinery Organization (Redmo) has designed a new water filter that has the ability to filter out harmful chemicals causing chronic kidney disease to hundreds of thousands of people across Sri Lanka. Chronic

09/03/2016 – Monaragala, Sri Lanka: The Monaragala Branch of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) has been implementing a project to provide water purification plants in Edurugal Yaya village in the Monaragala District.  This is one of the villages where there is a rise of kidney diseases due to unsafe drinking water. Chronic kidney

04/03/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: A programme that has provided housing for more than 100,000 conflict-affected people in the north of Sri Lanka is an example of the unique and long-term impact that sustained, community-level engagement can have, even in the most complex of settings, said the Secretary General of the IFRC. “This programme has

01/03/2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies Mr. Elhadj As Sy, who’s on a three day official visit to Sri Lanka says that in the much challenged world of humanitarian assistance, its vital for National Societies like the Sri Lanka Red Cross to