The following stories are from Australian Red Cross delegates and are about their experiences in the field.

Australian Red Cross delegates have varied professional profiles. They include public health and hospital based nursing, war surgery, management of development projects and work as logisticians, water and sanitation or tracing delegates.

Letter from Liberia by Jessica Letch Finding a box of beets with the consistency of flat tennis balls is a culinary jackpot for Australian tracing and detention caseworker Jessica Letch, who spent a year in the Liberian capital Monrovia.