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MIDDLE EAST Kuwait Red Crescent Society launches campaign to support those fleeing violence in Syria

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Volunteers providing a lifeline to divided communities in Rakhine

It is 7.30am in Sittwe, Rakhine State, and volunteers from the Myanmar Red Cross Society are ...

In search of a new life, one woman lost almost everything

Three years after the earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince in Haiti, attempts to assist ...

Volunteers deal with the effects of freezing temperature across the Middle East

Several countries in the Middle East continue to experience severe winter weather that has so ...

Looking back

A small selection of operations undertaken by the Red Cross Red Crescent in 2012.

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Disaster law

Strong disaster law can make communities safer and response operations more effective.

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Youth Conference

Discover more about the Global Youth Conference, which took place in Vienna on December 9-12.

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WDR2012

Visit the World Disasters Report 2012 microsite on your smartphone or tablet.

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Learning opportunities

Learning network

Our goal is to change minds for the better by facilitating ubiquitous learning – a world-class...

Learning opportunities

The IFRC has a range of courses on offer in partnership with some of the world's leading ...

Important notice!

There are a number of fraudulent web sites which are using the Red Cross Red Crescent emblems to request donations for disaster relief. Please treat these web sites as suspicious.

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Health

Health and care activities in the IFRC include first aid and emergency response as well as epidemic control, programmes in health promotion and prevention, addressing stigma, providing psychosocial care and community empowerment.

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Strategy 2020

Strategy 2020 guides the actions of the IFRC. It defines three strategic aims and three enabling actions for the IFRC and its member National Societies in order to achieve the common vision.

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Volunteers are at the heart of everything the Red Cross Red Crescent does. From first aid and disaster response to health and hygiene promotion, our 13 million volunteers are leading the way all over the world.

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