31/08/2013 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Branch Disaster Response Team of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s Colombo branch was deployed on the 31st of August when an accidental fire left 37 families homeless, in the Gemunupura temporary block (GN Division: Samanthranapura) Mattakuliya. The area of Gemunupura is highly populated as people have built houses
(04/09/20013 – Colombo) The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society conducted a Refresher Course for its First Aid Instructors from 31st August 2013 to 02nd September 2013 at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. 27 First Aid Instructors representing 14 SLRCS district branches were participated. Mr. B.A.W.P. Wimalasena – Hon. Secretary of Kegalle Branch, Dr.Prithi Panditharatne – The
16/08/2013 – The Sri Lanka Red Cross (SLRCS) Kurunegala Branch moved to a new building under the auspices of the President of SLRCS Jagath Abeysinghe today. The new building consists of 3 story’s, with all necessary facilities. The building was funded by the German Red Cross, Sri Lanka Red Cross Society and the Kurunegala branch itself.
; 23/07/2013 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross (SLRCS) with the support from the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies will host the Global Beneficiary Communications Boot Camp in Sri Lanka this October. The boot camp will bring in practitioners of beneficiary communications to Sri Lanka in order to
03/07/2013 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society said its farewells to a outgoing Head of Delegation of the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies, Bob McKerrow who will be retiring from serving the Red Cross after 43 years. The farewell event, which was held in Colombo, was
17/06/2013 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) along with the Disaster Management Centre of Sri Lanka, has held a workshop for the public on “Good Practices of Climate Change Adaptation” aiming to raise awareness on mitigation practices towards climate change. This two-day workshop began at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference
11/06/2013 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society has taken steps to ensure that the millions of migrant works, who are traveling to Middle Eastern and European countries in search of employment, will now be given added support and financial protection under a new agreement signed with the Government of Sri Lanka
30/05/2013 – Kokkuthuduwai, Mullativu: The city of Mullativu was in the headlines in 2009, as the location where the final battle of the civil war took place. However today its in the headlines again, but for a very different reason. This time its has nothing to do with war, but something to do with families,
21/05/2013 – Mannar, Sri Lanka: The Mannar Branch of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) recently vested in the public several facilities and services worth over two million Sri Lankan rupees. These were mainly invested on improving drinking water facilities by renovation of 8 common wells, also 1.5 million spent in Manthai west for improving personal
21/05/2013, Matale, Sri Lanka – The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s (SLRCS) Youth Wing organized a National Youth Camp recently in Matale, which was aimed at developing capacity of youth in the Red Cross. The main objectives of the camp was to disseminate tools developed through the “Youth as Agents of Behavioral Change” (YABC), to
