08/05/2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka: To mark this year’s World Red Cross Red Crescent Day on 8th May, the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society is celebrating the contributions of young people and encouraging their continued action and leadership under the global theme, “Youth on the move”. In solidarity with the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement,
Around 2.10 PM local Sri Lankan time, many in the island thought that they were experiencing an explosion or a construction demolition that could have happened in the vicinity they were in. Never did it cross most minds that this could be an earthquake, mainly because Sri Lanka does not fall into the tremor belt.
Residents of Monarawewa and Gajabapura villages in Welioya will now have access to clean water as the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s (SLRCS) Anuradhapura Branch launched a massive well cleaning programme in these respective villages.
The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society has taken immediate steps to provide much needed aid to the victims of the mini cyclone that swept across the Menik Farm Internally Displaced Camp in Vavuniya.
During the 7 year-long tsunami recovery operation I have been at the inauguration of hundreds of buildings funded by the Red Cross and today I was thrilled to have cut the ribbon to a community centre which won a very prestigious architectural award for the Thalalla community centre in Matara, Sri Lanka.
The Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction (IDRR) program intends to build the capacity not only of community but also the stakeholders including government agencies and its officials
By Mahieash Johnney – IFRC Communications & Information Manager in Colombo. 20/03/2012 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: As we approach another World Water Day the margin between need for water and the availability of water has unfortunately has not narrowed, in fact it has widen in an alarming rate. On Thursday (22nd March
A blog note by Bob McKerrow – Head of Delegation of IFRC in Sri Lanka
It was late 1999 when a cyclone and accompanying storm surge hit the island of Sandwip, a small but highly populated island off the coast off Chittagong, on the southeastern coast in Bangladesh.
Seelavathi is a woman born to a Sinhalese family in Rathnapura. Perumal is a man born to a Tamil family and have been living his life in various parts of Jaffna.
04/03/2012 – Ampara, Sri Lanka: As a pilot project Sri Lanka Red Cross Society implemented IDRR project with the funding support of German Red Cross. This project differs from other DRR projects because it highly considers the Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security. Project is implemented in Ampara, Uhana and Thirukkovil DS divisions for selected
