In 2010, the IFRC conducted a survey to establish the economic and social value of Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers and published a report on the findings, entitled The Value of Volunteers in January 2011. The study was based on rigorous methodology that was aligned with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Johns […]
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During 2010, the IFRC conducted a survey to establish the economic and social value of Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers and published a report on the findings, entitled The Value of Volunteers in January 2011. The study was based on rigorous methodology that is aligned with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Johns
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Red Cross 143 is a local organiziang campaing sponsored by the Philippine Red Cross to increase community engagement at the barangay (smallest district) level in the Philippines. Red Cross 143 encourages each brangagy to establish a group of community volunteers where 1 serves as a leader and a minimum of 43 members are trained in
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In the rural communities of Guabito and Puente Blanco, located in Panama, children are helping spread the message about resilience. Thanks to the initiative from the Red Cross volunteers working in these communities, workshops are now adapted to include kids and share important messages with them in a fun way. Since 2013, the Red
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The report of the Second REd Cross National Disaster Resilience Roundtable, focusing on the role of not for profits in emergency management.
Staff and volunteers across the globe provide important psychosocial support every day. Not only in response to disasters, armed conflicts and mass shootings, but also in social programmes for slum-dwellers, with victims of violence or accidents, with elderly and isolated people, with people stigmatized because of illness and prejudice and with refugees and asylum-seekers. During
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Caring for Volunteers: Training Manual complements Caring for Volunteers: A Psychosocial Support Toolkit, which focuses on the well-being of volunteers in situations of crisis or catastrophe. The goal of the two-day training is to better train and prepare volunteers in helping beneficiaries, and to help volunteers learn to recognize signs of stress and take better care of
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Malaria: a community-based health approach in Timor-Leste
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The VCA is a key element of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (International Federation) disaster management systems. With support from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO), the VCA methodology was updated in early 2007 and many National Societies worldwide are
Tuvalu is a remote island nation often associated with the rising impacts of climate change. If, as predicted, sea levels continue to rise, this string of low-lying islands in the south-west Pacific could gradually disappear. However, life must go on in Tuvalu, and efforts are being made through risk reduction and disaster preparedness to lessen
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