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13/09/2024

Millions affected as Super Typhoon Yagi hits Vietnam

13/09/2024 | Press release

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10/09/2024

Federico Rios Escobar: Award-winning photojournalist talks about his trek with migrants through Central America’s perilous Darién Gap

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Federico Rios Escobar: Award-winning photojournalist talks about his trek with migrants through Central America’s perilous Darién Gap

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Morocco Earthquake: One year later, a local volunteer breaks new ground as she helps her country rebuild

10/09/2024 | Article

Press release

04/09/2024

One Year Since Morocco Earthquake and Libya Floods

04/09/2024 | Press release

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Bangladesh Red Crescent volunteers stand in water up to their waste as they provide to support to a woman living in a community impacted by heavy floods.

Bangladesh: Floods

Bangladesh has been experiencing severe flooding due to heavy rainfall triggered by an active monsoon season. More than 14.6 million people have been affected across the southeastern, northeastern and northern parts of the country, with 71 fatalities recorded by 3 September in the southeastern region alone. Through this appeal, the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society will address urgent needs related to shelter, food security, livelihoods, health, and water, sanitation and hygiene in the eight most affected districts.

06/09/2024

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Bangladesh - Flash Floods (MDRBD036)

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Photo showing extremely barren arid land in northern Namibia.

Namibia: Drought

For the past decade, Namibia has faced a prolonged drought, which has been further exacerbated by the ongoing El Niño phenomenon in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean. The El Niño conditions have resulted in most of the country experiencing below-normal rainfall from October 2023 to April 2024, leading to more than 1.4 million people experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity. This has left them in urgent need of assistance to address food shortages and to protect their livelihoods.

10/09/2024

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Namibia - Drought (MDRNA014)

10/09/2024 | PDF | Emergency Appeal

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Man stands in the middle of barren field where crops were grown prior to the ongoing drought.

Lesotho: Drought

Lesotho is grappling with a severe food security crisis, made worse by El Niño weather pattern, which is disrupting the critical 2024/25 summer planting and rainy season. Persistent crop failures, dwindling food production, water shortages, and skyrocketing food prices have severely hit the country’s agricultural production with 41 per cent of rural households now forced to spend more than half of their income just to put food on the table.Through this Emergency Appeal, the Lesotho Red Cross Society will support 87,381 individuals (17,473 households) to sustain their livelihoods, build resilience and recover from the ongoing food crisis.

09/09/2024

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Lesotho - Drought (MDRLS008)

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A Yemen Red Crescent volunteer stacks up household supplies that will be given to people who lost their homes due to severe and sudden flooding.

Yemen: Floods

Heavy rains have caused destruction and displacement in Yemen, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation. This emergency appeal aims to provide aid to the people most affected by the floods. Assistance will focus on those whose homes and temporary shelters were completely or partially destroyed, people whose livelihoods were affected, those who are in need of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and health services, and those who are at risk of exposure to the impact of further anticipated flooding. Please donate now and join us in making a meaningful difference for the 600,000 people supported by the Yemen Red Crescent Society in this response.

28/08/2024

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Yemen - Floods (MDRYE014)

28/08/2024 | PDF | Emergency Appeal

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Red Cross Volunteers go house to house to raise awareness about mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Africa Region: Mpox Epidemic

A worrying surge in mpox cases and deaths in 2024 is being observed in Africa, with over 17,000 cases and 500 deaths across at least 12 countries in 2024, representing a 160 per cent and 19 per cent increase in cases and deaths, respectively, in comparison to the same period of 2023. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the epicenter of this epidemic with 92 per cent of the total cases in the Africa region. Cases have now been reported in all 26 provinces of the DRC. Cross-border transmission from the eastern provinces of North and South Kivu to non-endemic countries is on the rise, especially into Burundi, but also into Rwanda and Uganda as well as Kenya. Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies across the continent are liaising with their respective Ministries to support their preparedness and response plans. Please donate now and join us in making a meaningful difference for the 30 million people supported by the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in this response.

22/08/2024

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Africa - Regional Mpox Epidemic (MDRS1003)

22/08/2024 | PDF | Emergency Appeal

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