Building Capacities: Best Practices in Asia Pacific – Volunteers and Youth (1/5) The vast majority of human resources of the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies are volunteers. In all their diversity, both young and old, from all backgrounds, ethnicities and social groups, they are the lifeblood of the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies. […]
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THE CBHFA approach seeks to create healthy and resilient communities. It impowers volunteers and individuals to take charge of their own health.
Nutrition: a community-based health approach in Timor-Leste Read More »
Since March 2014 – for the past eight months — the Red Cross and Red Crescent boots have been on the ground to combat one of most terrifying diseases on the planet that has shattered the lives of millions. Trained staff and volunteers have been providing life-saving services to communities in West Africa, expanding Ebola
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In Pakistan many people are tenants which makes them very vulnerable. After the floods in 2010 thousands of people were homeless and without any land to grow their crops. The Pakistan Red Crescent Society is helping in facilitating access to property for those who have lost everything.
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One of the main purposes of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is to ensure that its programmes and services should first be identified by vulnerable people themselves, based on their needs. These strong participatory planning activities at local level contribute to a strong national plan that responds to new trends and needs. This
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Local traine volunteers can breach the gap in providing critical help knowledge to their communities and ensure equitable access to heatlh services for all. Expanding Volunteeism improves global health investments and contributes towards achieving Universal Health Coverage.
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The Government of Guinea declared an Ebola outbreak on 21 March 2014. This is the first time the Ebola virus has surfaced in Guinea. People fell sick and started dying. With support from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Red Cross Society of Guinea, in collaboration with the Ministry
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This video includes interviews and highlights from a regional conference on disaster law in West Africa co-hosted by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and ECOWAS in Dakar in September 2012.
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CBHFA in Timor-Leste: access to health and community empowerment
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The responsible use of technology offers concrete ways to make humanitarian assistance more effective, efficient and accountable and can, in turn, directly reduce vulnerability and strengthen resilience. Finding ways for advances in technology to serve the most vulnerable is a moral imperative; a responsibility, not a choice. This year’s World Disasters Report is a focus
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