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23 November 2011

Maldivian Red Crescent officially joins the IFRC at the 18th General Assembly

The Maldivian Red Crescent Society became the 187th member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) at its 18th General Assembly in Geneva today.
Maldives tsunami survivors move back to “beloved island”
28 August 2009

Maldives tsunami survivors move back to “beloved island”

In the Maldives, the British Red Cross has completed construction of 250 new homes, allowing survivors from Vilufushi island, which was completely destroyed by the ...
Maldivian Red Crescent rises from the Tsunami
18 August 2009

Maldivian Red Crescent rises from the Tsunami

The Maldives has joined 186 other nations with Red Cross or Red Crescent Societies to become the latest country to establish its own National Red Crescent Society.
5 August 2009

Red Cross Red Crescent completes 44,000 new homes for tsunami survivors

On December 26th 2004, an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra triggered a devastating tsunami which claimed the lives of almost 230,000 people across five Indian ...
Hussain Alifulhu: A brighter future in Dhuvaafaru, Maldives
5 June 2009

Hussain Alifulhu: A brighter future in Dhuvaafaru, Maldives

More than four years after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, 48-year-old Hussain Alifulhu vividly remembers the events of the fateful day when “the sea swallowed ...
13 May 2009

Maldives pave way for National Red Crescent Society

The President of the Republic of Maldives has ratified a bill that lays the legal foundation to create a National Red Crescent Society in the island nation.
Maldives: Dhuvaafaru celebrates its ‘birthday’
2 April 2009

Maldives: Dhuvaafaru celebrates its ‘birthday’

The second day of March will, from now on, be important for the Dhuvaafaru island community.
Maldives: Ahmed’s story
9 February 2009

Maldives: Ahmed’s story

Twenty-year-old Ahmed Mohamed hums a tune as he pushes the loaded wheelbarrow piled high with lunch packs.
Maldives: Dhuvafaaru island comes alive
24 December 2008

Maldives: Dhuvafaaru island comes alive

Nasim Mohammed is a worried man.
Maldives: final steps to recovery
8 October 2008

Maldives: final steps to recovery

Power is on its way to the island of Vilufushi as the final phase of work on the British Red Cross recovery programme in the Maldives begins.
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