18/03/2014 – Weheragala, Kandy: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) & the German Red Cross vested in the public a clean water management system ensuring that over 157 families receive fresh clean drinking water in the Weheragala village located in Pathadumbara electorate in Kandy. The handover took place amidst the presence of the President
04/03/2014 – Kurunegala, Sri Lanka: The President of Sri Lanka Red Cross (SLRCS) Jagath Abeysinghe declared open three safety roads in Diddeniya in the Kurunegala district, constructed at a cost of over two million Sri Lankan rupees. The safety roads will now serve over 500 families located in several villages in the Diddneiya village. The
12/03/2014 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) held a programme recently at the National Headquarters to ensure the branches that failed to perform to the standards set by the Way Forward Re-Engineering (WF-BRE) Process continue to perform better in the year ahead. The Director General of SLRCS Tissa Abeywickrama under
26/02/2014 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Way Forward Beyond Reengineering process that began in 2013 saw the development of many branches of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) towards a self-sustaining level. The entire exercises deemed to ensure self-reliability of branches has been initiated under the guidance of SLRCS President Jagath Abeysinghe. Below is
17/02/2014 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: Ravindu a 14-year-old boy from Hambantota woke up early in the morning with much enthusiasm. He’s going on a trip to Colombo. Coming from a rural village, this trip to the city is of much importance to him. Today he’s taking part in programme that talks about how we need
Waking up early everyday morning, preparing food and making sure her kids are ready to go to school is something she has been doing as long as she can remember.
06/02/2014 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Hungarian Red Cross recently donated 07 defibrillators worth 23 million rupees to the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society, which handed them over the the Ministry of Health at a function held recently. The ceremony took place at the presence of Basil Rajapakse, the Minister of Economic Development of Sri
23/01/2014 – Ampara, Sri Lanka: The Secretary to the Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy Mr. B.M.U.D.Basnayake, visited Ampara District to inspect the Community Based Climate Change Adaptation programmes initiated by the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS). During his visit he went to Gayathri Village in Thirikkovil Division where he observed the community seed
17/01/2014 – Mannar, Sri Lanka : The Mannar Branch of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) organized an anti smoking rally with the participation of volunteers and youth in Mannar. The rally was held under the theme “Stop Smoking toward a healthy life”. Message on preventing of smoking habit was disseminated via loud speakers,
02/01/2014 – Jaffna, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s Post Conflict Recovery Programme managed to complete the targets of ensuring 20,000 people (4000 families) move into a new home within the year (2013). The Programme with the funds from the Government of India aims to rebuild 16,800 houses ensuring that over 85,000 people
