The walk “The walk for the gift of rain” commenced on the 27th of November 2018 in the morning. The walk which started at Kibualawala junction at about 07.00 A.M went along the Japanes Friendship road to “Rain Center”, Pelawatta. Over 100 participants consisted of staff from Ministry of City Planning and Water Supply, World...
“The International Conference on Water Security through Rain Water Harvesting” organized by Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum in collaboration with Ministry of City Planning and Water Supply, International Water Management Institute (WMI) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was successfully conducted on the 28th and 29th of November 2018, with the support of Brandix pvt...
The final round was held at the Rain center in Colombo on 1st October on International Children’s Day. Total of 18 students took part in the final round. The quiz tested the general knowledge on water, at both local and global level. Water quiz was conducted under the supervision of panel of judges consisting of Mrs Nisansala...
A training program as part of the USAID funded project “Safe Disaster – Resilient Drinking water to floods and Drought Prone Areas of Sri Lanka” was conducted from the 29th to 31st of August at the Raincenter in Pelawatta on rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge. The aims of the training program were to strengthen the capabilities of...
On the 4th of July 2017, Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum hosted its Rain Talks, the first of a series of talks to mark our 20th year celebration. Honoured guest speaker, Deshabandu Surath Wickramasinghe spoke on “New Trends in Rainwater Harvesting” and gave an overview of how some countries are coping with the effects of climate...
Please Note: The final submission date has been extended to the 15th of July 2017 due to postal strikes.
The 20th Annual General Meeting of the Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum will be held on Saturday 22nd July 2017 at the office premises of the Forum, “Rain Center”, 41/12 New Parliament Road, Pelawatte from 9.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.
The ceremony took place to commemorate the handing over of a 30,000 liter Rain Water Harvesting System to Guruhela Kanishta Maha Vidyala in Moneragala. Elizebeth Davnie Easton, Acting Mission Director for USAID in Sri Lanka, Assistant Divisional Secretary, Siyambalanduwa, Zonal Education Director, Monaragala, NGO secretary, Moneragala and Dr. Tanuja Ariyananda, Chief Executive Officer of LRWHF,...
On the 9th of May 2017, an opening ceremony was held in Madduvilnadu G.T.M.S, a school in Kilinochchi. The school is host to 46 students (grades 1-5) and 5 teachers who had to rely on bowser water and undrinkable well water for 3 months of the year. The well would run dry for the remaining 9...
