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05/11/2014 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) donated 30,000 USD to the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society supporting the ongoing Koslanda landslide operations and to aid the survivors of the tragedy. The donation was made through the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka. Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka His Excellency Mr. Wu Jianghao

01/11/2014 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) with support from International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) & the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is now focusing on assisting early recovery needs of the people affected by the Koslanda landslide. Currently there’s a dire need

13/09/2014 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: For World First Aid Day, the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) along with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is calling on communities island-wide to be equipped with life-saving skills, be it in times of everyday crises, disasters or conflicts. Local people save 90

09/09/2014 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: Leaders from Red Cross, Red Crescent National Societies of South Asian countries gathered in Colombo to discuss on how to further strengthen on humanitarian action in times of disasters in the region. South Asia amounts to 1/3rd of human population of the world, and most of the disasters in the

01/09/2014 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: Today we are announcing the “T10 Summit” which will be held in view of the 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami that swept across the island.  A decade is passing since the great Indian Ocean Tsunami tragedy in 2004, which swept through coastal areas of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives,

By S. Umakanthan in Jaffna, Sri Lanka 15/08/2014 – Jaffna, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Post Conflict Recovery Programme (RC – PCRP) is designed to ensure that people returning to their homeland after the conflict, gets an opportunity to rebuild their lives through housing, water and sanitation & livelihood, and by this to

16/07/2014 – Ampara, Sri Lanka: The Ampara Branch of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society recently concluded a workshop on raising and educating members of the public on the use of the Red Cross emblem and its protective values. In Sri Lanka, the emblem of the Red Cross is often misused due to a lack

26/06/2014 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: Today, over 40 per cent of the world’s population is at risk from dengue, stresses the advocacy report released today by the Sri Lanka Red Cross (SLRCS) in collaboration with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Dengue is a major public health issue. Over the

30/06/2014 – Moneragala, Sri Lanka: The Moneragala Branch of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) recently held a tree planting campaign in the district aiming schools and students. The objective of the campaign was to provide not only shade but prevention of soil erosion, economic opportunities, communal and other environmental benefits. 83 saplings including 02

30/06/2014 – Gampaha, Sri Lanka: On 20th of June 2014, Sri Lanka Red Cross Society – Gampaha Branch together with Toyota Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Wattala signed a memorandum of understanding on “safer culture to next generation” to support several programmes including Road safety First Aid, Health and Hygiene practice and Dengue prevention as an integrated