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Mary Lewis is poised… It’s one of the first things that you notice about her, aside from other obvious physical characteristics like her bright, beautiful smile.

Catchy, melodic and accompanied by the sweet sounds of steelpan it sounds like the beginnings of an interesting calypso but a conversation with the singer reveals that it is much more than that.

The Grenada Red Cross is working in thirty-two communities in Grenada to educate the population and raise awareness about mosquito-borne diseases like Zika, dengue and chikungunya.

In August 2017, heavy monsoon rains caused wide-spread flooding in India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. Almost two-thirds of Bangladesh was flooded, affecting more than 6.9 million people. Thousands of homes and hectares of cropland were damaged, leav …

Afghan Red Crescent volunteers and staff are still hard at work distributing food parcels, blankets, tarpaulins and other support to affected communities devastated by dramatic flooding across the country in March and April. The most recent distributio …

Join us for our next Data Literacy Consortium Online Community Meeting on May 21st, 2019 at 10:00 EDT/14:00 UTC/16:00 CEST (Check Time Zone). We will be joined by special guests from Global Affairs Canada: Delphine Rennie, Senior Advisor, & Brian P …

“Our homes are shaken” – two weeks on from Cyclone Kenneth Written and photos by: Matthew Carter Two weeks after Cyclone Kenneth made landfall over northern Mozambique, you’d be forgiven for believing the crisis is over. There’s very little about it in …

by Francesco Rocca – IFRC President At this very moment, in Mozambique, we are taking care of hard-to-reach communities, after Cyclone Idai hit. We are supporting hospitals and health facilities in Venezuela, providing lifesaving items. In Syria, we ar …

Three years of drought and decades of conflict have pushed millions of people to the edge of survival. Grass that sustained livestock is gone, replaced by hard patches of cracked land. Homes have bullet marks; bridges are broken. Many families have aba …

It is easy to forget that Madina Mohamed, a straight A student, is just 17. She exudes confidence and her voice is certain.