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China

24 April 2012

Psychosocial seeds bear fruit in Sichuan

Haohao’s grandfather used to fetch him from school every day – until he suddenly died of a heart attack. The loss left the once vivacious seven-year-old a changed person.
Community health volunteers empower the young and old to help themselves
26 March 2012

Community health volunteers empower the young and old to help themselves

As they sit chatting on low wooden stools outside 55-year-old Cao Fengju’s village house, occasional ripples of laughter break out when a Red Cross volunteer jokes ...
From toilet to table – sanitation solutions that help feed the rural poor
21 March 2012

From toilet to table – sanitation solutions that help feed the rural poor

Human waste, water scarcity and food production might not seem to be mutually compatible, yet, in southern China the Red Cross has been supporting a sanitation ...
Red Cross Society of China deploys emergency water unit in flood hit province
21 June 2011

Red Cross Society of China deploys emergency water unit in flood hit province

The Red Cross Society of China is delivering fresh water to communities affected by drought and floods.
China: flood woes follow drought
13 June 2011

China: flood woes follow drought

With torrential rain and flooding now affecting 13 of China’s 33 provinces, following on the heels of a searing drought in some of the same areas, the Red Cross ...
Red Cross fixes schools and brings water to remote villages
14 May 2011

Red Cross fixes schools and brings water to remote villages

As we swoop down the hilly roads to the little plateau housing Baichao Primary School, it feels as though I am visiting familiar territory.
Survivors seek new livelihoods in Transformed Landscape
13 May 2011

Survivors seek new livelihoods in Transformed Landscape

I can hardly believe it, when our driver points out to me the low hill, with rows of neat, cream-tiled houses on top of it. “That was where Emergency Response Units ...
Red Cross Psychosocial work goes beyond disaster needs in Sichuan
12 May 2011

Red Cross Psychosocial work goes beyond disaster needs in Sichuan

I can’t fail to notice that 12-year-old Huo Qingdong is feeling uncomfortable as he visibly squirms and fidgets with his hand covering his nose, sitting opposite me ...
China: Communities transformed three years on from Sichuan earthquake
12 May 2011

China: Communities transformed three years on from Sichuan earthquake

Three years after an 8-magnitude earthquake devastated huge areas of China’s Sichuan Province, leaving more than 87,000 people dead and millions displaced, the ...
China: Red Cross project contributes to preventing MDR-TB
23 March 2011

China: Red Cross project contributes to preventing MDR-TB

Feng Wenli, 38, is racked by a fit of coughing as her husband, Li Jianbing, helps her to sit up. Her bed has been her refuge for the past year. “Every time I try to ge...
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