IFRC

Lao People's Democratic Republic

28 July 2011

Thousands receive Lao Red Cross support in the wake of tropical storm Haima

By Matt Cochrane, IFRC, Bangkok The Lao Red Cross will provide regular food and relief assistance to more than 5,000 people who were severely affected by tropical storm Haima which struck Lao on 26 June, causing extensive flooding in six provinces right across the centre of the country. Whilst estimates vary, at least 35,000 people hav...
25 September 2007

Laos: bloods donors give new life under the eyes of the Buddha

You might have been born in a small village on a green mountain slope somewhere in a far flung area of southern Laos.
12 July 2004

Role of women and girls stressed as Bangkok conference opens

Red Cross and Red Crescent figures at an international AIDS conference have warmly welcomed an opening speech by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, in ...
Surviving the Lao traffic
18 December 2003

Surviving the Lao traffic

Lao PDR (People’s Democratic Republic) has the second highest death rate in Southeast Asia from road accidents.
A woman’s difference in Laos
14 November 2003

A woman’s difference in Laos

The Lunar New Year is a time for renewal and rebirth in Laos.
Community support key to Lao Red Cross success
17 June 2003

Community support key to Lao Red Cross success

Community support is the key to the success of the work being done by the Lao Red Cross and its partners in the country’s remote areas.
12 November 2002

Changing attitudes to HIV/AIDS in Laos

A framed wedding photograph sits next to a sputtering generator that keeps the television alive and Poom Mah Intidet's two young sons distracted.
12 January 2001

Rehabilitation in the Mekong Delta

12 January 2001

After the floods - the Mekong Delta

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