Brazil

20 juin 2012

Volunteers demonstrate their true value at the Rio+20 summit

By Gina Guinta in Rio Rio +20 Dialogue Days have been making news all week; today the Rio +20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development actually begins. While there has been significant coverage of the broad aims of the conference in the news, what is not shown are the hundreds of events, exhibits and discussions taking place alongside...
Brazilian Red Cross responds to worst floods in 40 years
9 avril 2010

Brazilian Red Cross responds to worst floods in 40 years

The torrential rains hitting Rio de Janeiro over the past days have killed more than 153 people.
Brazil: Thousands cut off by severe floods
27 novembre 2008

Brazil: Thousands cut off by severe floods

Sixty days of rain in Santa Catarina state have caused one of the worst disasters in Brazil’s history Severe flooding and landslides caused by heavy rain are ...

La Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge constitue, avec ses 187 Sociétés nationales membres, le plus vaste réseau humanitaire du monde. En tant que membres du Mouvement international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge, nous sommes guidés dans notre travail par sept Principes fondamentaux: humanité, impartialité, neutralité, indépendance, volontariat, unité et universalité.