Did you know that muscle relaxation can help you feel better when you are worried? Try this activity where you “freeze” your different muscles and then “melt” them while imagining your stress melting away. Find out more about this exercise from Save the Children here.
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Did you know that you can be a first aid champion? Try this scavenger hunt and identify first aid items around the home. Visit British Red Cross’ First Aid Champions website to improve your first aid skills, be kind, and stay safe during a crisis.
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In line with the CTA note and material developed for RFL during COVID19 and the RFL in disasters field manual the rapid RFL assessment will focus on categories of persons at particular risk of been separated or going missing due to the COVID19 and provide guidance to assess how existing RFL programs and activities provided
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This document, addressed to both National Societies and ICRC RFL teams, provides guidance on data management and how to get beneficiaries’ consent/no objection for the processing of their personal data in time of COVID19, especially regarding the adjustment of the RFL services to restriction of movement and challenges in term of access to our services.
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Protection of Family Links for patients admitted in medical facilities and persons placed in quarantine facilities.
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This note provides general guidance to stakeholders whose actions while responding to the pandemic might impact families’ ability to maintain or re-establish contact.
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Local actors,3 including civil society organisations, government, and the private sector, as well as communities themselves (including displaced communities), are critical in every humanitarian operation, and even more so in the current context that is shaped by restrictions on travel and movement because of COVID-19. Those actors include not only local NGOs, but also local
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This guideline has been developed as part of the IFRC ongoing commitment to promote optimal standards of Infection Control within the organisation and working to support the effort of the National Societies in the fight against Covid-19 Pandemic. It promotes the use of ‘Standard Principles of Infection Control’ with the principle that every passenger is
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According to the World Bank, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing more than 1.6 billion children and youth to be out of school in 161 countries. This is close to 80% of the world’s enrolled students.[1] This means immense losses in learning, especially among the poorest. This exacerbates inequity in education as the transition to distance
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There is an overabundance of information circulating about the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which can make it hard for people to identify which information is reliable and trustworthy. Rumours and misinformation travel fast – especially through social media. can not only stop people from adopting preventive measures that keep them safe but even more worrying,
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