Archive for July, 2012
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Syrian Arab Red Crescent in action
Posted on July 31, 2012 | 1 CommentSyrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) response to the emerging humanitarian needs of the civil unrest in different parts of Syria. -
Bahram Amintorabi, Canadian Red Cross delegate, on signing up for the Red Cross Red Crescent Learning network’s course on global health
Posted on July 31, 2012 | No CommentsThis post graduate certificate programme in global health is offered by the Red Cross Red Crescent Learning Network of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)... -
British Red Cross in action at the London Olympics
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsDuring the London 2012 Olympic Games, British Red Cross volunteers will be present in five of London's busiest train stations, as well as at the sailing site in Dorset to provide first aid support to the crowds of spectators. First aiders will also be on hand at local venues showing the Games. -
Carine Chehab on taking the Red Cross Red Crescent Learning network’s humanitarian diplomacy course
Posted on July 19, 2012 | No CommentsHumanitarian diplomacy is persuading decision makers and opinion leaders to act, at all times, in the interests of vulnerable people, and with full respect for fundamental humanitarian principles. The rapid... -
Hosam Faysal, disaster management coordinator, on taking the Red Cross Red Crescent Learning network’s humanitarian diplomacy course
Posted on July 18, 2012 | No CommentsHumanitarian diplomacy is persuading decision makers and opinion leaders to act, at all times, in the interests of vulnerable people, and with full respect for fundamental humanitarian principles. The rapid... -
An update on nutrition programmes in the Yagha province
Posted on July 5, 2012 | No CommentsNathalie Bonvin is in Burkina Faso looking at the work of national and partner Red Cross societies trying to tackle the growing food crisis in the Sahel region. -
Responding to the Sar-e-Pol Floods in Afghanistan
Posted on July 2, 2012 | No CommentsI just spent the last two days in Sar-e-Pol city and the surrounding flood affected villages in northern Afghanistan to see first-hand the damage created by the flash flooding that took place last month.
