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Tweets from @Federation
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RT @RedCross: Follow @RedCrossOKC @RedCrossWFTX and @RedCrossDFW for updates on local tornado activity and relief. 11 hours ago
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RT @RedCross: #Tornado #severe storm tools: Shelter map http://t.co/n1rYYntR7G Register yourself/friend as Safe&Well: http://t.co/jyqVBszoRw 11 hours ago
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RT @RedCrossSC: @RedCross is working around-the-clock to help in #Oklahoma w/ shelters, food, water, supplies & emotional support. http://t… 11 hours ago
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RT @AyhamAlomari: Join us tomorrow at #VolunteerismUHC side event at #WHA66 http://t.co/iMANKPi7wo with @Federation @GHWAlliance @GBCHealt… 19 hours ago
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RT @reeniac: Resilience should be defined and driven by communities, focusing on the most vulnerable #gpdrr2013 @Federation http://t.co/7bX… 19 hours ago
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Africa Archive
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Turkish Red Crescent convoy attacked in Somalia
Posted on April 18, 2013 | No CommentsOne local staff of the Turkish Red Crescent was killed and three were injured in an attack that took place in Somalia, where the Red Crescent is currently present to... -
Mozambique: After a flood, the challenge is to keep on surviving
Posted on March 14, 2013 | No CommentsHanna Butler is the regional communications officer for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in southern Africa. She recently returned to southern Mozambique to highlight the challenges faced by survivors trying to rebuild and move on with their lives after devastating floods. -
Mozambique: Picking up the pieces in a camp after the floods
Posted on February 21, 2013 | 1 CommentBy Hanna Butler in southern Mozambique Hanna Butler is the regional communications officer for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in southern Africa. On a recent... -
800 million people go to bed hungry, but community action makes a difference every day
Posted on October 11, 2012 | No CommentsToday the IFRC, WFP, and FAO will jointly host a panel on Ending World Hunger at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. -
Niger’s 3N initiative puts communities at the centre of the country’s sustainability plans
Posted on June 21, 2012 | No CommentsKiflemariam Amdemariam on attempts by the Niger government to create an environment in which Nigeriens can help one another to break the cycle of food insecurity. -
Thomas Nkosi, 31, South African Red Cross, on youth leadership
Posted on May 3, 2012 | No CommentsYou too can share your ideas for RedTalk #12 on youth leadership. Tell us what you think of Thomas’s message in the comments below. Or contribute your own using text and video. Learn more... -
In pictures: Malaria treatment in Nigeria
Posted on April 25, 2012 | No CommentsPictures by @BenoistC Malaria is the cause of entirely avoidable death. All people with malaria are supposed to receive an appropriate treatment within 24 hours, especially children under 5 years... -
In pictures: Malaria diagnosis in Nigeria
Posted on April 25, 2012 | No CommentsPictures by @BenoistC Malaria is relatively easy to diagnose. It takes about 40 minutes but it all depends on the quality of the microscope. Calabar General Hospital has only one... -
In pictures: Malaria prevention in Nigeria
Posted on April 24, 2012 | No CommentsPictures by @BenoistC Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation. What may be less well-known is that the country’s 158 million people carry a disproportionate 25 per cent of sub-Saharan Africa’s... -
In pictures: Surveying the success of malaria programmes in Nigeria
Posted on April 24, 2012 | No CommentsPictures by @BenoistC The Red Cross Red Crescent malaria program successfully piloted the roll out of a Rapid Mobile Phone-based (RAMP) survey in 10 of 18 local government areas (total... -
Malian refugees seek help in Burkina Faso
Posted on April 19, 2012 | No CommentsIn addition to serious food security issues, Burkina Faso is also facing a serious migration crisis. The ICRC put together this photo album. They have fled fighting in Mali and... -
Keeping the garden growing during the drought
Posted on March 27, 2012 | No CommentsBy Kalle Lindberg in Niger The vegetables are not the only things flourishing in Zakiré Zarma village in Niger. The children that lend a hand watering the vegetables look happy... -
Sahel food crisis: let’s make it personal
Posted on March 27, 2012 | No CommentsI was in a remote village in the middle of the hot, barren, sandy savannah in Burkina Faso. There, I met Ouilimatou Diko, a young boy, not even two years old, who had just been diagnosed by a Red Cross nurse as acutely malnourished. -
Where is the Sahel food crisis in the media?
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No CommentsCraig Burnett at the British Red Cross talks about the difficulties in ensuring the slowly developing crises, such as the food security issues in the Sahel, get the media coverage... -
It’s time to act to avert a new food crisis in Mali
Posted on March 12, 2012 | No CommentsIt’s not even mid-day and already 43 degrees celsius in Fegui village, Kayes, in west Mali. Habi waits in the shade while Malian Red Cross volunteers run around preparing rice, oil, salt and sugar for distribution.
