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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.

Red Cross engages in First aid training for city Police officers in Nuwara Eliya

  SLRCS Gampaha Life Saving Team won the 24th National Intermediate Life Saving Overall Championship & Girls Championship conducted by Life Saving Association of Sri Lanka on 24th September 2011 at Negombo        

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

  11 January 2012 , By – David Brown, Asia Manager for Australian Red Cross   The war is over but now the people of Sri Lanka have the hard task of rebuilding their lives and homes. David Brown, Asia Manager for Australian Red Cross, writes about his personal experiences visiting people who are benefiting