Tag: DREF
Red Cross provides relief ahead of extreme winter season in Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar/Kuala Lumpur, 12 January 2021 – Forecasts of one of the most extreme winters on record in Mongolia have triggered the release of pre-emptive emergency funds in a bid to protect the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable...
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A new start for over 600 people affected by Cyclone Eloise in Mozambique
Nhamatanda, 20 February 2021—Survivors of Cyclone Eloise have received materials from Mozambique...
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Lebanese Red Cross mobilizes 1,000 paramedics and 160 ambulances to support thousands of people
The Lebanese Red Cross is providing first aid and emergency medical transportation to hospitals...
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IFRC releases emergency funds to support Iraq Red Crescent relief operations
By: Rana Sidani Cassou Iraq Red Crescent Society relief operations to support people affected by...
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Bangladesh: How Forecast-based Financing supported objective decision-making in advance of Cyclone Fani
When a National Red Cross or Red Crescent Society receives a forecast of an imminent extreme...
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Afghanistan: millions still in desperate need after floods crisis
Afghan Red Crescent volunteers and staff are still hard at work distributing food parcels,...
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Clean-up operation begins after deadly Cyclone Fani hits India and Bangladesh
Powerful Cyclone Fani, at its worst an “extremely severe” storm, brought heavy rainfall and winds...
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Communities on high alert as Cyclone Fani makes landfall
Cyclone Fani, one of the strongest storms to hit the Indian subcontinent in decades, made landfall...
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Cyclone Kenneth: More people displaced as flood waters rise
Mozambique has been hammered by two strong cyclones in a matter of weeks and this new disaster is...
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Afghanistan flood survivors fear for the future
The sound of heavy rain and the frightened screams of young children tore through the night and jolted Shahghul awake from his sleep. It was a wake-up call everyone dreaded.
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In pictures: Life at ground zero of a measles outbreak
As the measles outbreak in the Philippines claims more lives, a massive social mobilization is underway, working among those who are most vulnerable to try and ward off a threatened explosion in the highly infectious disease.
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Philippines: Red Cross responds to deadly measles outbreak
More than 8,440 cases of measles – including 136 deaths from the disease – have been...
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