Theme: Complex emergency
One year after earthquakes, a tsunami and liquefaction struck Sulawesi in Indonesia on 28 September 2018, an estimated 57,000 people remain homeless, the Indonesian Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said today.
A consignment of 34 tons of medicines and medical supplies arrived at Caracas international airport this morning from Italy, the president of the Venezuelan Red Cross, Dr. Mario Villaroel, has confirmed. The shipment that arrived today includes essential medicines such as antibiotics and anti-inflammatories, health disposables and a range of medical equipment such as defibrillators.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) is in the grips of its worst-ever Ebola outbreak, and the second largest ever after the 2014 West Africa outbreak. The current outbreak which began on 1 August has spread to 23 health zones in North Kivu …
I ran out with my brother’s granddaughter. I fell so she left me on the ground. Then I heard a big gunshot pass one of my ears. I laid down right on the street. Photos and written by: Corrie Butler For weeks, Abdalla Erewua, 75, had sat on a mat in fro …
In pictures: Women tackle hunger in South Sudan Seeds and tools for mothers provide boost to family’s nutrition and livelihoods Written and photos by Corrie Butler Mary, Regina and Angelina stand proudly in front of the new garden they have built in th …
Distinguished members of the Board, Earlier this year I participated in the World Economic Forum and the theme was ‘Creating a shared future in a fractured world’. The assumption is that indeed our world is fractured, and is calling for peace, unity, s …
(Find here the English speech) Sehr geehrte Frau Mohn, Sehr geehrter Herr Gauck, Meine Damen und Herren … Jamm Ngeen Amm! Ich bitte die Dolmetschenden um Verzeihung, dies waren Worte in meiner Muttersprache. Udo, Uxolo. In den Sprachen der Igbo und Xh …
(find here the German speech) Sehr geehrte Frau Mohn, Sehr geehrter Herr Gauck, Ladies and gentlemen, Jamm Ngeen Amm! My apologies to the interpreters; that was mother tongue. Udo, Uxolo, from the Igbo and Xhosa of my beloved African continent. Salam, …
Synthesis Report of Lessons Learned in Benin, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, and Indonesia.
This framework illustrates an inclusive approach to the Federation-wide humanitarian response to the population movement from Rakhine state, in Myanmar, to Bangladesh, as well as the role of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and Movement-wide coordination.