Archive for October, 2011
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Rebuilding from nothing is a massive task
Posted on October 25, 2011 | No CommentsWe leave the hotel at dawn. The plan is to visit some of the most isolated communities in the flood affected area. Our driver – the quietly-spoken Amjad – is worried we haven’t had breakfast and pulls into a questionable looking truck stop. A couple of truck drivers snooze on one of the low platforms scattered with cushions that furnish the open eating area. -
From nothing to a functioning clinic in 15 minutes
Posted on October 25, 2011 | No CommentsWe follow the non-descript bus for two hours along the flood damaged dirt roads of Sindh. The only thing marking its difference from a regular passenger bus, is the small National Red Crescent Society emblem on the side. But inside it’s very different – the bus carries an entire mobile health clinic and a team of volunteer doctors and other health professionals. -
So close, but still too far away
Posted on October 20, 2011 | No CommentsLess than 20km north of where Lila and Ibrahim sit, a Pakistan Red Crescent team has set up a mobile water treatment plant. The small trailer carrying purification equipment can produce up to 30,000 litres of water a day, enough drinking water for about 4,000 people. -
A drive into flood-affected Sindh province, India
Posted on October 17, 2011 | No CommentsIFRC delegate Joe Cropp visited flood devastated Pakistan and found despair and determination in the ruins. Day 1 - Driving deeper into Sindh province, the roads become narrow strips of land flanked by flood water. Crops that were almost ready for harvest now slowly rot in the stagnant water. -
Typhoon response in Hagonoy Municipality, Bulacan
Posted on October 14, 2011 | 1 CommentBy Afrhill Rances It is a wet Saturday morning – eleven days after typhoon Nesat hit the Philippines. As the IFRC driver, William, and I leave the capital Manila, we note... -
Over two million people affected by fresh floods in Odisha
Posted on October 6, 2011 | No CommentsA second wave of heavy flooding in Odisha (also known as Orissa) has affected a further 2.2 million people in the past three weeks, raising the number to over 3.4... -
Mozambique: Red Cross volunteers provide First Aid during the 10th All-African Games
Posted on October 4, 2011 | No CommentsThe Mozambique Red Cross Society has partnered with the Government’s Ministry of Youth and Sport to provide first aid assistance to athletes during the 10th All-Africa Games.
