Tatiana Florea, the RC volunteer and an IDP measures the sugar level in a blood of a patient in a sanatorium in Sviatogorsk, Donetsk area, Ukraine.
The USRC workers Inna Ringina and Elena Menayeva give the products vouchers to a beneficiary in Severodonetsk RC office.
Beneficiary communication members of a Liberian Red Cross Safe & Dignified Burial (SDB) team record data using mobile phones, which allows for later analysis and mapping of cases. The Ebola response programme is the first time that Liberian Red Cross has used this technology.
Community engagement and beneficiary communication forms a significant part of the Liberian National Red Cross Society Ebola response programme. Each SDB team includes a specifically dedicated team member to engage with communities. These team members have received extra training in beneficiary communication and data entry.
Volunteers also reach out to other communities with little access to healthcare. At this market in Navojoa, people come from rural communities to buy essential supplies for the week. By offering the checks for free, people don’t have to lose a day’s work just to go to the doctor. And for many people who earn very little, a visit to the doctor isn’t even an option. Photo: Nadia Shira Cohen/IFRC
September, 2016
After her husband was killed, Iesha, Mother of 2 is trying to get to Europe where she plans to bring her sons who she has left in the care of her sister in Libya.
Calmer seas over the past week have seen an increase in the number of people risking the treacherous journey across the Mediterranean to seek safety in Europe.
The life-saving missions of the Phoenix and Responder are a partnership between the Italian Red Cross, with support from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), an independent charity.
On the Responder, IFRC aid workers from Italy, Switzerland and New Zealand provide post-rescue support including first aid, medical care, food, water, dry clothes and blankets. On the Phoenix, post-rescue care is carried out by Italian Red Cross volunteers and staff.
