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The importance of hygiene and sanitation practices in healthy communities
Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis 2008 Facts and Figures
DPRK: Water and relief supplies support 10,000 people following severe floods
Making a difference to people’s lives: Red Cross helps community resilience in China
Cook Islanders struggle to adapt to creeping climate change
News stories from Asia and Pacific
30 July 2013
Japan: Paying a return visit to one family who survived the tsunami
It has been more than two years since large tsunami waves came pouring into the town of Otsuchi in north-eastern Japan, and life, for the most part, has returned to normal.
29 July 2013
Red Cross helps African family as they seek a new life in Korea
From the cheerful and easy way in which Niouma Doucoure interacts in Korean with the doctor and Red Cross medical social worker, you would not immediately divine the ...
26 July 2013
DPRK: Water and relief supplies support 10,000 people following severe floods
Over 3,300 Red Cross volunteers in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are providing clean drinking water and relief supplies to people affected by ...
24 July 2013
Essential supplies and medical support arrive following earthquake in Gansu, China
The Red Cross Society of China is responding to the needs of thousands of people affected by the 6.6-magnitude earthquake that struck China’s Gansu province at 7 ...
23 July 2013
Cook Islanders struggle to adapt to creeping climate change
Despite its reputation as a tropical paradise, the Cook Islands is at the front line of efforts to adapt to a changing climate.
19 July 2013
Making a difference to people’s lives: Red Cross helps community resilience in China
Wang Mingming and her husband Niu Jinwa are enthusiastic about the impact of a pumping station and a water channel that villagers built with support from the Red ...
16 July 2013
IFRC President visits Korea to witness the development of a vital National Society
By Francis Markus in Seoul The President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Tadateru Konoé, has used a visit to the Republ...
11 July 2013
Looking to the past to turn back the tide in the Solomon Islands
48-year-old Silas Kere might be considered an expert on climate change. He has dedicated his life to finding solutions that help his community to adapt to the ...
10 July 2013
Indian Red Cross provides clean water and relief supplies in Uttarakhand
Over a thousand lives have been lost and many more remain missing following the worst floods to strike Uttarakhand, India, in over 80 years.
3 July 2013
Curbing the menace of dengue in the Solomon Islands
Since February 2013, Randy Solomon has been fighting a lonely battle. Working with a small staff and a handful of volunteers, she has been given the job of combating ...
28 June 2013
Charting the path from evacuation to recovery
Shirley and Raymond thought they had seen everything when it came to floods in their hometown of Bundaberg on the east coast of Australia. But on 27 January 2013, ...
28 June 2013
Rescue and relief operations continue following floods in Uttarkhand, northern India
Ten days after monsoon rains in northern India caused widespread devastation and loss of life, the Indian Red Cross Society continues to respond to humanitarian needs.
24 June 2013
Pumping water from the Pacific as drought lingers in the Marshall Islands
By Ika Koeck, IFRC As severe drought maintains its grip on the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies...
21 June 2013
Flash floods bring devastation to Uttarkhand in northern India
Heavy monsoon rains have triggered flash floods across Northern India, killing over 200 people and leaving tens of thousands stranded across the mountainous State of ...
14 June 2013
Sri Lanka Red Cross to bolster welfare services for migrant workers
The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society has taken steps to ensure that the millions of migrant workers travelling to Middle Eastern and European countries in search of ...
10 June 2013
Marshall Islanders endure food and water shortages as drought lingers
Since April, the Pacific nation of the Republic of the Marshall Islands in Micronesia has been suffering from a severe drought that has seen up to 6,400 people ...
6 June 2013
Picking up the pieces after Cyclone Mahasen in Bangladesh
On 16 May, 2013, Cyclone Mahasen struck coastal Bangladesh, killing 17 people and affecting around 1.5 million people across the districts of Patuakhali, Barguna and ...
4 June 2013
Preparing for Myanmar’s monsoon season
The recent news of Cyclone Mahasen marked the beginning of the 2013 Monsoon season in Myanmar. The storm threatened to sweep across Rakhine State.
4 June 2013
Six months after Typhoon Bopha, recovery is yet to reach many families
Six months after Typhoon Bopha battered Mindanao Island in the Philippines early recovery efforts are taking shape although many are struggling to get back on their feet.
31 May 2013
Viet Nam: Working in partnership to build capacity and deliver better programmes
In order to expand the breadth, depth and quality of its services to millions of Vietnamese, the Vietnam Red Cross Society is working to build its capacity to be a ...
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