"The tsunami operation has been an unparalleled challenge for the Red Cross movement in Sri Lanka," Paul Fmes, head of delegation, international federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent said.
A tsunami in on December 26, 2004, devastated most of Sri Lanka™s coastal towns situated in the north, east and south of country and killed an estimated 30,000 people as the waves struck the country with no warning mechanism in place.
"Most of our post tsunami work is completed or near to completion," Tissa Abeywickrama who chairs a technical support unit of the Sri Lanka Red Cross told reporters.
He was speaking at the launch of a book on their activities titled Rebuilding Communities with Dedication and Professionalism.
The Red Cross had spent 122 million dollars on houses, 39 million dollars to build and upgrade 80 healthcare centres, 60 million dollars on water supply and drainage projects.
In addition the society had 1.5 million dollars to construct 10 schools,
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