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Tweets from @Federation
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RT @IFRCPolicy: #Resilience funding + pub-private partnership good but #Hyogo #HFA2 must measure #community input @NepalDRR #GPDRR13 http:/… 3 hours ago
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In #Nepal #RiskReduction strategy #ClimateChange key. Public-private partners + @NepalDRR work w communities #GPDRR13 http://t.co/4dduobLWRG 4 hours ago
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A prerequisite, not an option: Integrating #climatechange in #RiskReduction @maldivianrc blogs #gpdrr13 http://t.co/d4zgqY0ixU MT @UNISDR 5 hours ago
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Great wk of #GPDRR13 #WHA66. #FF @UNISDR @Oabousamra @urb_ian @aanusharu @ombaggio @AyhamAlomari @matzschmale @NepalDRR @vfung @GlobalHealth 5 hours ago
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We have the capability and the pride. Reducing risks not a project, it's a fundamental approach. #FoodInsecurity #CroixRouge #Niger #GPDRR13 1 day ago
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Asia-Pacific Archive
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Interview with Estanislau Guterres, a former resistance fighter in Timor-Leste
Posted on May 24, 2012 | 2 CommentsEstanislau Guterres is a former resistance fighter who joined the Red Cross in 1979 after being shot by the Indonesian military, arrested and sent to jail. He has worked with... -
Syed Mahmood Kazmi, 21, Pakistan Red Crescent volunteer, on youth leadership
Posted on May 4, 2012 | 1 CommentYou too can share your ideas for RedTalk #12 on youth leadership. Tell us what you think of Syed’s message in the comments below. Or contribute your own using text and video. Learn more about... -
Dawar Adnan Shams, 34, YABC peer educator, on youth leadership
Posted on April 26, 2012 | 5 CommentsYou too can share your ideas for RedTalk #12 on youth leadership. Tell us what you think of Dawar’s message in the comments below. Or contribute your own using text... -
Learning new healthy habits in Pakistan – “Clean water is vital for life”
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No CommentsAccording to Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, almost 40 million people do not have safe drinking water and 48 million people do not have proper toilets in Pakistan. -
Ode to New Beginnings
Posted on March 16, 2012 | 4 CommentsBy Maherin Ahmed, Bangladesh Dawn was just breaking, still covered with fog and mist. However the 27 participants of the Youth as Agents of Behavioural Change (YABC) workshop abound with... -
In pictures: Afghan Red Crescent Society responds to cold weather in Kabul
Posted on February 23, 2012 | No CommentsVolunteers and staff from the Afghan Red Crescent have distributing blankets and clothing to families affected by cold weather in Kabul. -
Christchurch: one year on from the tragic earthquake
Posted on February 22, 2012 | No CommentsLive blog: Thousands of people have gathered in Christchurch to commemorate the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake which killed 185 people and injured many more last year. Picture: New Zealand Red Cross -
Communities working together to recover from the Fiji floods
Posted on February 9, 2012 | 1 CommentThe Ba district in north-west Fiji is only about 200 hundred kilometers from the capital Suva, but after heavy rainfall in recent weeks it seems like a world away. -
Upgrading radio skills for cyclone preparedness in Bangladesh
Posted on January 13, 2012 | No CommentsBy Maherin Ahmed, IFRC Bangladesh The early winter fog that engulfed Mirsarai had not fully cleared when fifteen volunteer radio operators arrived to share their experiences and receive coaching on... -
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...
