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200 families in the Walioya, Gajabapura&Monarawawa in the Mullativu district received non food relief items from the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society recently.

‘This is a beautiful thing,’ says Manjula Ravichandran, who took part in the program. ‘I have a great new house – and my happiness would be complete if my daughter could be found.’

250 scholarships to students from low-income families were awarded by the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) in view of its 75th anniversary celebrations held at the BMICH in Colombo with the patronage of the Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapakse.

Honoring 75 years of Volunteerism in Sri Lanka

5 health facilities in Eastern Sri Lanka constructed and upgraded by the Red Cross

The Post Flood Recovery Assistance Programme comes to an end, aiding over 65,000 people in 8 districts....

A diary piece by Bob McKerrow - Head of Delegation of IFRC Sri Lanka - I left Colombo this morning at 6 a.m. and we travelled via Vavuniya, Killinochchi over Elephant Pass and down to Jaffna.

As usual Nishshanka Prasanna Technical officer for the Flood Recovery Programme started his daily routine by visiting Red Cross beneficiaries.

  18/01/2012 – Galle, Sri Lanka: According to Early Warning System audit reports, it is evident that the knowledge on risk reduction is very low among communities, those who are living in disaster prone areas in the Gin ganga basin. Considering the above fact, Galle Branch of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society commenced risk reduction activities to enhance community

An opinion piece by – Bob Mckerrow – Head of Delegation, IFRC, Sri Lanka   When you are dog tired after 3 months of running a disaster relief operation, exhausted from having early recovery planning thrust on you, your wife is threatening to divorce you, then suddenly your boss comes along and in a chirpy