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4 May 2012

Lebanese Red Cross works with children and youth to build a culture of non-violence and peace

May 8 is World Red Cross Red Crescent Day. Youth on the move is the theme for 2012 and we are calling upon young people to build on the existing Youth on the move initiative by taking action in one of three areas: 1) helping communities better prepare in the face of increasing disasters, 2) addressing health care in danger or inequitab...
29 November 2007

Interview with Sheikh Sami Al Dahdah, President, Lebanese Red Cross – return to the principles

The president of the Lebanese Red Cross, Sheikh Sami Al Dahda, who was in Geneva this week to attend the statutory meetings of the International Red Cross and Red ...
29 June 2007

Lebanon: the call of humanitarian duty

Youssef, perplexed, didn’t know what to do.
14 June 2007

Lebanon: life-saving evacuations continue out of Nahr el-Bared camp

In spite of continuing hostilities, Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) and Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) volunteers and staff continue life-saving evacuations of ...
Lebanon: courage and caution to evacuate civilians from Nahr-el-Bared camp
5 June 2007

Lebanon: courage and caution to evacuate civilians from Nahr-el-Bared camp

Heavy fighting continues in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared, near Tripoli in northern Lebanon, between Islamic armed groups and the Lebanese army.
Lebanon: the courage of an old woman saves her husband’s life
8 February 2007

Lebanon: the courage of an old woman saves her husband’s life

A story of courage and heroism during the war in Lebanon in the summer of 2006.
Lebanese Red Cross: emerging stronger from hostilities
22 November 2006

Lebanese Red Cross: emerging stronger from hostilities

The Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) has been, since 1995 and by governmental mandate, the most important provider of first aid and medical ambulance services in the country.
After the guns stop…the Red Cross in Lebanon
12 September 2006

After the guns stop…the Red Cross in Lebanon

Repairing ambulance stations and rebuilding the confidence of children.
Lebanon – humanitarian situation remains critical
16 August 2006

Lebanon – humanitarian situation remains critical Interview with the President of the Lebanese Red Cross, Sami Al Dahdah

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Red Cross volunteers in Lebanon: from dusk to dawn - a journey of misery
31 July 2006

Red Cross volunteers in Lebanon: from dusk to dawn - a journey of misery

Since hostilities began in Lebanon, some two weeks ago, more than 5,000 Lebanese Red Cross (LRC), volunteers and staff, working under increasingly dangerous and ...
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