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By Sevde Nur Söylemez COVID-19 has challenged our approach as humanitarians – how can we still support the most vulnerable while still keeping people safe from this pandemic? For Turkey, we’ve learned to challenge our traditional way of supporting comm …

Photos: France Noguera and JC Prillo Rebuilding your home, reestablishing income source, or feeding families are all the basic right of people. But those in the Philippines, devastated by typhoons Goni and Vamco are now facing incredible life changing …

When the Syrian war started to risk their lives in 2014, Abdülhalik Şemmo fled Al-Hasakah with his family and arrived in Turkey’s south-eastern province of Mardin, then moved to Ankara’s Beypazarı district, hoping to have more job opportunities. Howeve …

By Alexander Matheou, Asia Pacific Director, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Imagine two neighbouring communities. One a wealthy neighbourhood next to a lake, its large houses surrounding a community hall that doubles a …

Disaster risk management (DRM) and governance in Nepal is in good hands – the hands of the communities   and their local authorities who are most affected by disasters and climate change.   In partnership with the Government of Nepal, Nepal Red Cr …

Each nurse and midwife who joined the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has a different story, but they share a common passion: to care for those in need. “I have a big heart that prompts me to engage in humanitarian work in all sectors, whether in t …

The Red Cross, working in every country in the region, is supporting thousands of people affected by the heavy rains and floods caused by Hurricane Eta. Eta tore across parts of Central America after in made landfall in Nicaragua on 3 November as a cat …

To Thi Hong, 57, stands in the ruins of her house destroyed by a typhoon in Trung Hoa village, Viet Nam. More than 2000 houses in districts are either completely or partially unroofed and destroyed by the recent Typhoon Molave that made a landfall in V …

“I am impressed and inspired how the Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC)  has scaled up and modernized services to respond to many emergencies, including COVID19,” says Dr. Hossam Elsharkaw,  IFRC Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). …

By Angela Hill While the number of COVID-19 cases in many Caribbean nations remain relatively low, these tourist hotspots are feeling the impact of the pandemic in other ways. The initial global shut down, and ongoing travel restrictions, saw the closu …