News stories from Asia and Pacific

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.
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.
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?
Transforming livelihoods five years after the Sichuan quake
11 May 2013

Transforming livelihoods five years after the Sichuan quake

Work continues today to provide vocational training and micro loans that are helping transform people’s lives.
Specialist teams helping survivors in Sichuan following earthquake
3 May 2013

Specialist teams helping survivors in Sichuan following earthquake

Red Cross Society of China specialist teams are now helping thousands of survivors of the earthquake in Sichuan’s Ya’an district, which left nearly 200 dead and many ...
Training to make National Societies more resilient to future shocks
3 May 2013

Training to make National Societies more resilient to future shocks

Over recent years, increasing numbers of people are being affected by the disasters in high-income countries.
Support reaches 500 families affected by the Iran-Pakistan earthquake
3 May 2013

Support reaches 500 families affected by the Iran-Pakistan earthquake

500 families have been supported following the earthquake on the Iran-Pakistan border.
Managing the dead, caring for the living – Red Crescent volunteers continue rescue efforts after Dhaka building collapse
28 April 2013

Managing the dead, caring for the living – Red Crescent volunteers continue rescue efforts after Dhaka building collapse

By Maherin Ahmed, IFRC Since the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex on the outskirts of the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, Bangladesh Red Crescent staff and...
Building collapse in Dhaka: volunteers involved in search and rescue
25 April 2013

Building collapse in Dhaka: volunteers involved in search and rescue

Hundreds dead and thousands injured after building collapse in Bangladesh.
A mix of optimism and anxiety after Sichuan earthquake
24 April 2013

A mix of optimism and anxiety after Sichuan earthquake

Almost 200 people died after the earthquake in Sichuan, but the Red Cross was on the scene immediately to provide shelter and psychosocial support to those affected.
Young volunteers explain importance of vaccination in India
23 April 2013

Young volunteers explain importance of vaccination in India

At the start of World Immunization Week, the Indian Red Cross Society is aiming to cover 100 per cent of the population against common diseases.
Volunteers undertake search and rescue in Sichuan after earthquake
20 April 2013

Volunteers undertake search and rescue in Sichuan after earthquake

Red Cross Society of China emergency teams have launched a major operation to help survivors of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in an area of southwestern China’s Sichuan ...
Improving education through access to water in Vietnam
12 April 2013

Improving education through access to water in Vietnam

Taking a break for a drink of water is one way that many students like to escape the classroom. But for students at Kim Hai Secondary School and Kim Hai Kindergarten ...
The importance of hygiene and sanitation practices in healthy communities
5 April 2013

The importance of hygiene and sanitation practices in healthy communities

Taking hygiene and health messages to remote villages in Solomon Islands.
Red Cross responds to inter-communal violence in Myanmar
2 April 2013

Red Cross responds to inter-communal violence in Myanmar

On the 20th March, Inter-communal violence erupted in the town of Meiktila, around 150 km south of Mandalay in central Myanmar.
Violent tornado leaves families without shelter
27 March 2013

Violent tornado leaves families without shelter

By Maherin Ahmed, IFRC Bangladesh The steam of the scorching sun was rising from the ground of Chandigram village of Brahmanbaria. Shah Alam is standing barefoot, at t...
A new home brings new hope in northern Sri Lanka
25 March 2013

A new home brings new hope in northern Sri Lanka

The Jawaths live in the village of Rasool Puthveli in Mannar District in northern Sri Lanka. In 1990, when the long-running conflict in Sri Lanka came to their ...
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