22/04/2016 – Kandy, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Red Cross Society pioneers in First Aid in Sri Lanka continues to enhance the quality and knowledge of First Aid across the island. Accordingly a First Aid Instructor Refresher Training Course for 2016 began at the Rural Development Training & Research Institute (RDTRI), Pilimatalawa, in Kandy yesterday (21stApril 2016). 70
29 February 2016 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Mr. Elhadj As Sy will arrive in Sri Lanka on 1 March for a three day official visit during which he will visit the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s Post Conflict Recovery Programme in
11/01/2016 – Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka: The volunteers of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) Nuwara Eliya Branch responded to a home fire recently at the Brunswick Estate located in Maskeliya. The fire has gutted over 15 houses affecting over 80 people living there. Currently they are housed at the Bluefield Tamil Maha Vidyalaya close by.
22/12/2015 – Jaffna, Sri Lanka: The Red Cross Post Conflict Recovery Programme (RC PCRP) that began its operations in 2010 soon after a 30 year old conflict ended is now coming to an end after constructing 21,125 homes in northern Sri Lanka. The Programme has aided over 400,000 people living in all five districts of
18/12/2015 – Jaffna, Sri Lanka: The President of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) Jagath Abeysinghe says that in order to ensure a credible development and sustainability of services which is provided by the Red Cross can only be achieved if the branch network becomes more stronger in identifying the needs of their people, thus
23/11/2015 – Rathnapura, Sri Lanka: A national youth camp aimed at molding young minds to be future leaders of the country was held in Nivithigala, Rathnapura recently with the participation of youth from all branches of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS). The event was organized by the Youth Unit of the Organizational Department of
UPDATE 2 18/11/2015 – Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) is responding to various emergencies as a result of adverse weather conditions in most parts of Sri Lanka. 138,676 people living in 14 districts, mostly in the north are affected by floods, landslides and heavy rains. SLRCS volunteers through its branch
11/11/2015 – Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka: In recent years, Sri Lanka has endured a series of extreme weather-related events, attributed in part to the effects of climate change. Since 2010, torrential rains have caused five major floods and the country has also been beset by four periods of significant drought. One of the consequences of these erratic
26/09/2015 – Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka: At least seven people were killed and over 180 others affected as torrential rains triggered landslides in Sri Lanka’s central hill area. Several houses were swept away in the landslides after heavy rains lashed central Nuwara Eliya district’s Kotmale area on Friday. A two-year-old child was among seven people killed
20/05/2015 – Kalutara, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s (SLRCS) Kalutara Branch handed over equipment worth a million rupees to the Walallawitia Divisional Secretariat as mitigation support for future disasters. The programme conducted under the Integrated Programme for Community Resilience of SLRCS Walallawita Divisional Secretariat was identified as a disaster prone area specially