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4 October 2012

Hong Kong Red Cross provides emotional support to ferry disaster survivors

As Hong Kong mourns the 38 who died in a collision between two ships off one of the territory's islands, in which more than 100 people were also injured, Hong Kong Red Cross psychologists and trained volunteers have been providing emotional support to the shocked survivors and their colleagues. The Hong Kong Red Cross, in partnership...
China Red Cross rushes help to remote quake hit area
10 September 2012

China Red Cross rushes help to remote quake hit area

By Francis Markus in Beijing Red Cross Society of China emergency teams are battling to bring help to survivors of a series of earthquakes that have struck a remote an...
Beijing Red Cross rescue teams move in to help flood survivors
23 July 2012

Beijing Red Cross rescue teams move in to help flood survivors

By Francis Markus in Beijing Beijing Red Cross teams were continuing to offer support and comfort to shocked survivors and search for those possibly still trapped afte...
EU’s top humanitarian official stresses cooperation and learning with National Society
4 July 2012

EU’s top humanitarian official stresses cooperation and learning with National Society

By Nicolle LaFleur in Beijing Kristalina Georgieva, the EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian  Aid and Civil Response, recently visited the...
Helping the most vulnerable in Sichuan build a sustainable livelihood
3 July 2012

Helping the most vulnerable in Sichuan build a sustainable livelihood

By He Lei in Sichuan Living in a tiny dark cabin, sleeping on a wooden bed beside his most important assets, seven cows - that’s been 58-year old Wang Zhengping’s dail...
Psychosocial seeds bear fruit in Sichuan
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 ...
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