SLRCS in solidarity with flood victims in Bihar State India by making a cash donation

The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society made a donation of CHF 10000 (US dollars 9100) to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on 30th of August for utilization in its services in the emergency phase in multilateral programming aimed at the recent flood affected people in Bihar State in India.

SLRCS made this donation from the money generated through public donations and cooperate funding collected through the Emergency Disaster Response Fund of the Society.

President of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society Jagath Abeysinghe handed over the cheque to Paul Emes, Head of Delegation, IFRC Colombo to send it to Regional Office in India.

Mr. Emes while thanking the SLRCS for the contribution said that this was a sign of Federation had become global. He recalled that the SLRCS had made similar donations when people affected by disasters in China and Myanmar.

National Secretary of the Red Cross Society S.H.Nimal Kumar was also present at the handing over.