By Francis Markus in Japan Gazing across the sandy expanse of the playground, the buildings of the middle school have a forlorn look and give the impression of being...

16 May 2012

With the restrictions lifted in areas of Fukushima, some residents are returning home

By Francis Markus in Japan Authorities in Fukushima Prefecture have recently reclassified parts of the restricted zone around the nuclear plant to lift a ban on those...

15 May 2012

Oroukia and the Red Cross create an oasis of hope in the Sahel

by Sarah Oughton In Niaptana, Burkina Faso, the Burkinabe Red Cross Society has set up two women’s groups with community gardens where they grow vegetables that provid...

15 May 2012

New IFPRI/IFRC report maps out long-term paths to end global hunger

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) have today launched a new ...

10 May 2012

Health centres stretched as infant malnutrition rises

Faye Callaghan “Each year the number of children we see goes up,” says Mahamat Abacar, health focal point at Mao hospital in northern Chad. “In 2010 there were around...

8 May 2012

A family’s fate rests on a few chickens and hope for rain

By Faye Callaghan, in Burkina Faso Bazam Adizeita is putting all her hope in four scrawny chickens. As they scratch around under her bed in the straw hut, it’s hard to...

7 May 2012

Active, engaged, passionate: welcome to the future of the Red Cross Red Crescent

“The secret to youth engagement and leadership is to start small and think big,” says Heather Fitzke, a 26-year-old, British Red Cross volunteer. Heather responded to...

4 May 2012

Ambassadors and IFRC together for Africa

Africa’s most pressing humanitarian and development challenges were top of the agenda at a high-level Ambassadorial event organized by the International Federation ...

4 May 2012

Lebanese Red Cross works with children and youth to build a culture of non-violence and peace

May 8 is World Red Cross Red Crescent Day. Youth on the move is the theme for 2012 and we are calling upon young people to build on the existing Youth on the move...

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