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BRANCH PROFILE

04 Divisions with 12 units

1014 volunteers and over2000 members

CORE AREAS

Health

Disaster Management

Organizational Development

Promoting HumanitarianValues

BRANCH COMMITTEE

Jagath AbeysingheHony. Chairman

Kithsiri RathnapriyaHony. Secretary

Kumari KothalawalaBranch Executive Officer

Editor: Tuan Rifkhan Arbee

Photographer: Gayan Wasantha

Medical Camp by Integrated Programme for CommunityResilience (IPCR)

The IPCR project organised a medical camp for the community in Sedawatte in theNawaloka Temple on the 2nd of September 2012.The main reason for this medical camp is due to Sedawatte being exposed to aconsiderable amount of natural hazards and the community experiences various healthissues.

There were 10 numbers of volunteers who participated in this camp to make it a successand a total number of 246 participants.

HIGHLIGHTS: Message from the Director General and Branch Services

Integrated Programme for Community Resilience and Care NursingServices

First Aid Services &Training and Ambulance Services.

ColomboBranchSLRCS ColomboSLRCS


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Branch Services

A Primary health care and nutrition clinic was organized by the Colombo Branch and theMedical Officer of Health (MOH) office of the Kaduwela Divison for the Brukwaththa RedCross Preschool on the 13th of September 2012.

The MOH, Dr. Bandula was present in the Pre School premises with a group of nurses togive the children a full body check up.Dr. Bandula also educated the parents on food nutrition, dental care, feeding methods andother health related problems that parents face on a day to day basis with their children.

Message from the Director General

The highest densely-populated district in Sri Lanka, Colombo being commercially vibrantand complex with mixed human priorities, varied vulnerabilities - obvious and latent areperiodically emerging. Thus, the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) falls into serious

challenges to provide humanitarian assistance amidst many restrictions due to complexcommercial nature of the district.As its complexities and inadvertent urban plans create vulnerabilities, it is significant ifDisaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is integrated into the planning.It is obvious that people in Colombo have shown their benevolence by helping others onvaried matters and Colombo is often expected to be supportive towards other districts.SLRCS Colombo district branch has always shown its eager to serving most vulnerablepeople addressing varied complex matters. With its volunteers and staff, it has derivedvarious tangible benefits to the vulnerable communities. Since tsunami recovery operation,its innovative contribution - in the purviews of housing construction, health, disastermanagement and water & sanitation is praiseworthy.

Our service to most vulnerable people is beyond to be worded. I wish Red Crossvolunteers and staff of Colombo district strength to strength to continue the solemnhumanitarian service to most vulnerable people in our country.

Tissa Abeywickrama


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are Nursing Services

e passing out of the 1st batch of the SLRCS Colombo Branchre nursing service took place at the Colombo Branch premisesKottawa on the 22nd of September 2012. Our chief guest Mr.

M. Hemapala the Vice Chairman of the Colombo Branch alongh Mr. Kumara Kothalawala (Associate Manager), Mrs. Nanda

eerasinghe (Nursing In charge), Mrs. Champa Kumari (Nursingrvice Lecturer) and Ms. Prasha Sri Selvam (Human Resources

ecutive) were present to the witness this event.

. Hemapala addressed the nurses and their families during thenction speaking about the importance of nursing and how thersing services of the SLRCS Colombo Branch has developedring the past couple of years.

ere were 08 numbers of nurses who passed out in this occasiond are now successfully based in areas needing our nursing

ntegrated Programme for Community Resilience (IPCR)

n 8 day Dengue Prevention Campaign was organised on the 18 th of September 2012 in the Jalthara and Megoda Kolonnawaeas by the SLRCS IPCR team, the Colombo Branch and the Ministry of health. The campaign took place continuously for 8

ays where important officials from the government such as the Medical officer of Health (MOH), Public Health of inspector (PHI)d the Grama Niladari were present.

3 day basic First Aid training was conducted on the 21st to the 23rd and 28th to the 30th of September 2012 in Jaltharaelonging to the Homagama DS division and in Dhahampura/Megoda Kolonnawa belonging to the Kolonnawa DS Division. Ourained instructors trained the community on basic first and educated the communities on why First Aid is important.

eanwhile a Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) clinic was also organised for the community in Dhahampura in thehahampura Wimalamaya Temple on the 18 th and the 23rd of September 2012, NCD diseases such as Diabetes, pressure andolesterol were tested. There were 50 numbers of participants who were 30 years and below in age.


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SRI-LANKA RED CROSS SOCIETY - COLOMBO BRANCH

No - 132 A, High Level Road, Kottawa, Pannipitiya.Phone (General): 00 94 011 2178880

Fax (General): 00 94 011 2178881Ambulance Service: 00 94 011 5555505E-mail: [email protected]: www.redcross.lk/colombo

rst Aid Services and Training

e Colombo Branchs commercial First Aid Division has conducted a total number of 17 trainings this month to some of Srinkas leading companies in the Colombo district.

r First Aid services were also provided for the annual book fair that was held on the 18 th to the 26th of September 2012 at thendaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH).

First Aid Training service was done by our Branch for the Anula Vidyalaya on the 25 th of September 2012 by one of ourned first Aid instructors. There were 10 numbers of students present for this training.

mbulance Services

he ICC 20-20 world cup was organised in Sri Lanka and the branch provided ambulance services for all the teams, ourmbulances were based in the stadiums in Colombo, Kandy and Galle from the 11th of September to the 07 th of October 2012.

e also provided our Ambulance services for the annual book fair that was held on the 18 th to the 26th of September 2012 at theandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH).

he Colombo Branch now has a 24 hour Ambulance service, island wide.

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