Andrew Nayo, a leader in Vanuatu, shares the devastating impact of a massive earthquake on his community and the challenges they faced in recovering.
From refuge to resilience – the path to safety, stability and strength.
An update on how all parts of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including Australian Red Cross, are responding to the humanitarian crisis.
After receiving a call-up, Australian Red Cross delegate Mark Myerson was one of several aid workers tasked with building a field hospital in Rafah.
An update on the swift, locally-led response, delivering essential goods and support.
Six months after devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, Red Cross continues to support people on the road to recovery.
On the ground after devastating earthquakes.
“In an emergency, the people best placed to help are already there.”
Behind the staggeringly high numbers are real people – men, women and children battling death-level hunger every day.
Volunteer coordinator Amin Taumoefolau shares his story.
Red Cross teams are helping people in Fiji stay safe and start to rebuild. 7 January 2021 Last month, Cyclone Yasa battered Fiji with intense winds, storm surges and flooding.
6 August 2020 Our colleagues at Lebanese Red Cross are on the ground responding to an enormous explosion that destroyed the port of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon on August 4.
When a deadly measles outbreak hit Samoa, Red Cross volunteers were on the frontline supporting the community and helping stop the disease from spreading further.
When Tropical Cyclone Harold hit Vanuatu, Red Cross volunteers hiked along clifftops and traversed overflowing creeks to help remote and hard-to-reach communities.
Renewed fighting in the country’s North-West is a stark reminder that the conflict is far from over.
The scene is like a real-life version of M*A*S*H. In a makeshift medical facility in South Sudan, Kieren Box and other aid workers are called to fly to a wedding that has turned into a gunfight.
Anniversaries matter. Birthdays, weddings, anniversaries of the death of loved ones have a deep resonance for most of us.
Trudging through muddy tracks in the monsoon rains to relief distribution sites, dilapidated bamboo retaining walls hold up precarious slopes of clay.
A group of Australian Red Cross nurses have earned the highest international distinction a nurse can ever receive.
Red Cross pays our respects to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander custodians of the country where we work, and to Elders, past, present and emerging.
Learn about our Reconciliation Action Plan and how we can all make reconciliation real.
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