Sri Lanka Red Cross Society

The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society has operated since 1936, first as a branch of the British Red Cross and then from 1949 to 1971 as the Ceylon Red Cross Society. It was recognized by the ICRC and admitted into the League of Red Cross Societies (now the Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies) in 1952. The Ceylon Red Cross Society was renamed as Sri Lanka Red Cross Society in 1972. The society was recognized by Royal Charter in1951 and as a charitable organization in 1959, by a gazette notification of the Finance Ministry. It was also registered under the Social Service Act 33 of 1980.

The Vision

Safer, resilient and socially inclusive communities through improving lifestyles and changing mindsets

The Mission

Reduce risk, build capacities and promote principles & values by mobilizing resources, creating universal access to services through volunteerism and partnerships

Lanka Challenge 2011 Project: To provide resources for the Lahugala Maha Vidyalaya school & the Kekaku Primary School

The Lahugala school which serves over 500 boys & girls, provides studies upto GCE (AL). After consulting with the school's Principal it was decided to prioritize funding for the school's music department in 2011 - which had very limited resources. The donation was used to purchase items such a drum kit, guitars, various precusion instruments and even an arcordian.

The Donation made to the Kekaku Primary School was used in order to build a playground for the school.

Lanka Challenge 2010 Project: To provide resources for the Lahugala Maha Vidyalaya school

The Lahugala Vidyalaya school is located in the province of Ampara, about 25 km's from Pottuvil.

The school which serves 254 girls and 236 boys, provides studies upto GCE (AL). After consulting with the school's Principal it was decided to prioritize funding for the school's library and laboratory - both of which had very limited resources. The donation will be utilized to purchase items such as dictionaries, books, textbooks, utensils, Bunsen burners, flasks, test tubes etc.

Through providing essential tools to this school we hope to improve their current conditions, facilitate better quality resources and most importantly continue to contribute towards the future of Sri Lanka.

Take a look at this video from our visit.

Lanka Challenge 2009 Project: To provide water filters for the Internal Displaced People (IDP’s) of Sri Lanka

The IDP's are refugees from the internal conflict which stretched for over 4 decades in Sri Lanka. They were placed in temporary refugee camps in the area of Vavuniya, Northen Sri Lanka, after the civil war came to an end.

Although the Red Cross Society of Sri Lanka, in partnership with Oxfam and UN, had installed three water plants with a total capacity of 200,000 litres of water per day at the campsites.There had been some instances of skin rashes and intoxication amongst some of the IDP's which their medical staff identified to be related to problems with the water supplied.

In order to overcome this problem, they decided to launch a project to provide Water Filters with inbuilt active-carbon filtering to each family. Since at the time they had over 83,000 families requiring assistance, they decided to seek support from both the public and private sectors. It was at this stage, that we came across this project and decided to support this noble cause.

As you can imagine this is still an ongoing project and families still need support . We hope to once again contribute to this and other projects initiated by the Red Cross Society of Sri Lanka through the Lanka Challenge 2010.

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