SLRCS to assist 100 000 flood victims in East
[January 18 2011]






<P>Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) will continue to assist 100 000
residents of the East affected by the floods until the situation
returns to normalcy said Director General of the SLRCS, Tissa
Abeywickrama. 


<P>He added that the SLRCS is currently formulating a
Recovery Plan to determine the best way to assist them.

<P>“We will continue to assist until these people are able to return home
and recommence their livelihoods. We will also assist them in
rebuilding their damaged homes as well as their livelihoods,”
Abeywickrama said.

<P>SLRCS will also assist the reopening of schools by helping the school
staff clean up the schools. Which were converted into relief camps.