FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10th August 2015 The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society would like to clarify and provide information to the public about the vehicle that was loaned to the Siriliya Saviya Foundation. Sri Lanka Red Cross (then Ceylon Red Cross) was founded in 1936 and was later ratified by the Geneva Convention of 12th
07/07/2015 – Kandy, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society recently organized a social cohesion programme where students from various district meets to have a fellowship and to share ideas and build better relations. The event took place at the Kandy Branch of Sri Lanka Red Cross where over 25 students from Kegalle and
24/06/2015 – Moneragala, Sri Lanka: Rebuilding a house after a disaster is not an easy task. The cost and resources needed, do not come easily and the cost for construction items continuously keeps rising. Even for organizations like Sri Lanka Red Cross Society, its a difficult task to match the cost of a disaster and to
14/06/2015 – Kathmandu, Nepal – The President of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society Jagath Abeysinghe and the Director General Tissa Abeywickrama in discussions with Nepal Red Cross President & Secretary General pledged their longer term support to help the country recovery from the recent earthquake that killed over 8500 and devastated the whole country. Both
12/06/2015 – Kathmandu, Nepal – The President of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society Jagath Abeysinghe along with the Director General Tissa Abeywickrama visited Nepal recently to held discussions with the President and Secretary General of Nepal Red Cross with regard to the rebuilding process after a 7.9 tremor devestated the country in April. As soon
Mahieash Johnney & Zafran Packeerally in Colombo contributed to this story… 28/05/2015 – Jaffna, Sri Lanka: The Post Conflict Recovery of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) supported by the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and funded by the Indian Government has completed over 11,100 permanent houses resulting in over
26/05/2015 – Moneragala, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s Moneragala Branch has taken adequate steps to provide water & sanitation support to over 500 families within the district who are in the drought stricken area of the district. Families in Guruhela, Suduwatura & Hulandawa received water wells, pumps, tanks, a tap system to excavate
20/05/2015 – Kalutara, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s (SLRCS) Kalutara Branch handed over equipment worth a million rupees to the Walallawitia Divisional Secretariat as mitigation support for future disasters. The programme conducted under the Integrated Programme for Community Resilience of SLRCS Walallawita Divisional Secretariat was identified as a disaster prone area specially
15/05/2015 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society calls upon all authorities in Governments, Civil Societies, and others to address issues faced by people migrating for labour to various countries. This plea was made by the Director General of Sri Lanka Red Cross Mr. Tissa Abeywickrama who was attending the International Migration
12/05/2015 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: More donations flow into the fund established to gather financial support for earthquake relief and recovery work in Nepal after a 7.9 tremor killing over 8,100 and devastating the entire country. Soon after the incident the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society in solidarity to its South Asian Partner the Nepal
