Voluntary service is one the fundamental principles of the Red Cross. Our work depends on the initiative and excellent service of Red Cross volunteers who support our programs and actions. That is why we would like you to meet the volunteers and community leaders behind the RITA (Resilience in the Americas) program in El […]
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The villages in Northern Belize have a very narrow economic basis, mainly focused on the cane sugar industry and sometimes river or sea fishing. To ensure food and economic security, the Red Cross provides small grants and training to community members in a variety of topics. American Red Cross works together with the Belize
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Versión en español sigue abajo The International Day for Disaster Reduction celebrates the ways in which individuals and communities are reducing their vulnerability in face of disasters and the increase in awareness around the subject. In 2015, #IDDR was celebrated on October 13, under the slogan “Knowledge for Life”, which recognizes the importance of indigenous
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“Se siente muy bien ver mi cara pintada en las paredes de mi comunidad. La gente me pregunta si soy yo, y me dicen que se ve muy bien”- dijo Pedrito, el niño retratado en uno de los murales de Huaquillas. Como parte del Proyecto “Mi Barrio, Mi Apoyo”, La Cruz Roja, en conjunto
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“It´s pretty cool to see my face painted on the walls of my community, people ask me if it´s my picture and tell me it looks really nice.” – said Pedrito, the boy depicted on one of the community murals in Huaquillas. As part of the project “My Community, My Contribution”, the Red Cross,
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El las comunidades rurales de Guabito y Puento Blanco, ubicadas en Panamá, los niños están compartiendo el mensaje sobre la resiliencia. Gracias a la iniciativa de los voluntarios de la Cruz Roja que trabajan en estas comunidades, los talleres sobre resiliencia se adaptan para incluir a los niños, así compartiendo mensajes importantes de una manera
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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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Hercules is one of the 5 communities located at the base of the Chaparrastique volcano, in the San Miguel department in El Salvador. On December 29th 2013, the volcano emitted a large column of smoke and ash, affecting nearby towns. Community members remember the panic they felt that day – running out of their
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At the local level, the GDPC draws on the global reach of the Red Cross and Red Crescent to mobilize communities and explore creative solutions for longstanding and new problems through research and innovative programming that can be easily customized and replicated at scale to make communities safer. Our First Aid app, for example, has
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This issue of Southasiadisasters.net focuses on the theme of ‘Child Centered Disaster Management Planning in India.’ As widespread poverty and climate change exacerbate the risk of disasters on children, it is time to embed corrective policy mechanisms that protect children against such risks. State and district disaster management plans are the instruments through which this
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