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Tweets from @Federation
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RT @joelletanguy: Le nouveau Musée de la Croix-Rouge ouvre ses portes aujourd'hui à #Genève @cicr_francais @Federation @RCRCYouth @YvesD… 20 hours ago
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We have received sad + alarming news: #syrian #redcrescent worker killed. Parties must respect + allow safe passage for #humanitarians 20 hours ago
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At #GPDRR13 we will show govts evidence that prevention saves lives & money. #RedCross #RedCrescent data says $1/prevention = $2-$55/cure 2 days ago
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#GPDRR13 brings 2gether govt, INGO, #privatesector 2 shape policy framework for #disaster #riskreduction. #RedCross #RedCrescent impt voices 2 days ago
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#RedCross #RedCrescent ppl arriving 4 #GPDRR13 conf. Folo us + @IFRCpolicy nxt wk re #climatechange, community #resilience, #foodsecurity 2 days ago
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Asia-Pacific Archive
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A Warrior’s Tale
Posted on April 2, 2013 | No CommentsBy Maherin Ahmed, IFRC Bangladesh She was standing in line. By her body language, I could tell she was in a hurry. Fully veiled in a black burqa, she maintained... -
Taking the time to talk
Posted on March 11, 2013 | No CommentsThe Philippine Red Cross, with the support of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, is using a variety of approaches to communicate and engage with communities affected by super typhoon Bopha which struck the Philippines on 4 December 2012. -
Diary: water, sanitation and hope in a divided community
Posted on January 16, 2013 | No CommentsBecky Webb from the IFRC delegation in Myanmar recently returned from a visit to the troubled State of Rakhine where intercommunal violence has displaced thousands of people. With a steady... -
A walk, a wait, a lifeline, and a stupid question…
Posted on October 5, 2012 | No CommentsIn his final dispatch from Bangladesh, Joe Cropp joins a group of women dealing with the aftermath of the recent floods and sees how a small cash grant can change lives across the community. -
Boats, bikes, automobiles and learning how to stand very, very still
Posted on October 3, 2012 | No CommentsOn his journey through Bangladesh seeing the work of the national Red Crescent society, Joe Cropp learns that the organization's volunteers won't let flood waters prevent their mission. -
“We have survived floods before. We’ll do it again.”
Posted on October 3, 2012 | 2 CommentsIFRC’s Joe Cropp is in Bangladesh to see the work of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society in response to the recent floods. This is his second post. -
On the road in flood-damaged Bangladesh
Posted on October 1, 2012 | No CommentsIFRC's Joe Cropp is in Bangladesh to see the work of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society in response to the recent floods. This is the first of four posts coming this week. -
The positive hype and energy of one development programme in Sri Lanka
Posted on September 21, 2012 | No CommentsTaru Tuohiniemi heads to Sri Lanka to find families waiting for monsoon rains, but carrying on with their lives after returning to regions torn apart by conflict. -
Efficient disaster response requires effective logistics support
Posted on August 21, 2012 | No CommentsJoe Cropp stands at the loading bay of the Red Cross warehouse in Manila as emergency relief is sent out to flood affected communities. -
Josephine Santos, Red Cross volunteer: Keeping the passion alive despite being affected by floods
Posted on August 17, 2012 | No CommentsBy Afrhill Rances in Manila It was a quiet Sunday afternoon in Quezon City. On a normal day, parents would take their kids to the church, park or mall and... -
Returning home to find devastation following floods in Manila
Posted on August 16, 2012 | No CommentsRed Cross aid worker Joe Cropp visits one of Manila’s flood devastated communities and finds families rebuilding their lives as the water retreats. -
When a Red Cross volunteer comes knocking in the Philippines, you answer!
Posted on August 15, 2012 | 1 CommentThe Philippine Red Cross 143 volunteer initiative paid off when it mattered most, Afrhill Rances finds out, during a flood which washed away homes. -
The challenges of bringing relief to some of the most remote areas of the world
Posted on June 20, 2012 | No CommentsOn June 6th, the IFRC launched an appeal to support 14,000 people affected by severe floods in northern Afghanistan. The IFRC’s Ali Hakimi accompanied an assessment team into the remote province of Sari-Pul. -
From Kuala Lumpur to Kabul: responding to the Sar-e-Pol Floods
Posted on June 14, 2012 | No CommentsMathew Schraeder is the South Asia Operations Coordinator based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with the IFRC’s Asia Pacific Zone office. He has been deployed to Afghanistan to support the Afghan Red Crescent and IFRC country delegation response to the floods in northern Afghanistan. -
Rio +20: Training, education and resilience in the Afghan Red Crescent Society
Posted on June 8, 2012 | No CommentsThe Afghanistan Red Crescent Community-Based Health and First Aid trainers having a session on how to purify water. Training, education, raising awareness, sensitisation and advocacy are important aspects to...
