SLRCS help for North

The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) has initiated a programme for constructing a housing complex and upgrading the livelihoods of the people in the North, allocating about Rs 1,000 million.

The number of housing units to be constructed under this programme on a request made by President Mahinda Rajapaksa is about 2,000. The programme also includes the award of Rs 35,000 for each family for the uplift of livelihoods and Rs 30,000 each for water and sanitation facilities.

An event has been organized for July 19 with the participation of Parliamentary Affairs Secretary to the President Kumarasiri Hettige and SLRCS representatives, including its president Jagath Abeysinghe, to look into the implementation of this programme.

SLRCS acting Director General Sudath Madugalle said that arrangements have been made to distribute water filters to schools, hospitals and government offices in Kilinochchi during this observation tour.

Sanitary units will also be distributed among patients in hospitals and exercise books and uniforms would be distributed among schoolchildren.