Colombia

25 juillet 2012

How the Colombian Red Cross fulfilled its mission in 2011

by Silvia Ballen, Head of Communications, Colombian Red Cross In 2011 humanitarian actions undertaken by the Colombian Red Cross benefited 2,488,655 people directly, and over 12 million indirectly in different lines that are identified in the objectives of its Strategic Plan.  This was the summary of the 2011  Management Report, which...
Colombia takes step in the right direction with new disaster law
3 mai 2012

Colombia takes step in the right direction with new disaster law

A new National Disaster Risk Management law has been approved by authorities of Colombia, significantly shifting the positioning of the National Response and ...
9 décembre 2010

Colombia: floods affect more than 1.5 million people

Silvia Ballen, Colombian Red Cross The intense rains that have affected Colombia in recent monts have caused the overflow of creeks and rivers in 28 of the 32...

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.