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21 May 2013

Tornado devastates large parts of the United States Midwest

The American Red Cross is helping people in the Midwest with shelter, food, relief supplies and emotional comfort after tornadoes over the weekend destroyed homes and left thousands without power.
Afghanistan: Female volunteers make healthcare services accessible to women in remote villages
20 May 2013

Afghanistan: Female volunteers make healthcare services accessible to women in remote villages

Women in Afghanistan are taking maternal and child health into communities.
Namibia: The challenge of providing education in flood relocation camps
20 May 2013

Namibia: The challenge of providing education in flood relocation camps

The Namibian Red Cross is helping keep children in school despite major flooding.
IDAHO 2013: Championing humanity in the margins
17 May 2013

IDAHO 2013: Championing humanity in the margins

In many areas of the world, lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people are still living in the margins of society, shunned by their families and communities ...
A powerful call for the elimination of nuclear weapons
16 May 2013

A powerful call for the elimination of nuclear weapons

The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is holding a meeting in the city of Hiroshima, Japan calling on governments and civil society groups to move towards the total ...
Volunteers help thousands move to safety as cyclone threatens vulnerable communities
16 May 2013

Volunteers help thousands move to safety as cyclone threatens vulnerable communities

As tropical cyclone Mahasen continues to make its way over the Bay of Bengal, hundreds of Myanmar Red Cross Society volunteers are working tirelessly to help ...
Philippine Red Cross volunteers empower communities to prevent the spread of disease
15 May 2013

Philippine Red Cross volunteers empower communities to prevent the spread of disease

Red Cross-trained community health volunteers reach out to affected persons in the hardest hit provinces.
Refugee Project supports vulnerable groups inside Syria
15 May 2013

Refugee Project supports vulnerable groups inside Syria

The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), in cooperation with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNCHR) and the Danish Red Cross, is supporting a project to ...
Care and support in Singapore is changing the lives of disabled people
13 May 2013

Care and support in Singapore is changing the lives of disabled people

The Singapore Red Cross has launched a centre which is giving disabled people a new lease of life.
Influenza: Are we ready for a severe pandemic?
11 May 2013

Influenza: Are we ready for a severe pandemic?

If the H7N9 virus develops, the capacity for easy, human-to-human transmission – or another emerges with this feature, would we be ready?

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