Red Cross Red Crescent magazine 
Ugandan youth put eco-friendly future ‘in the bag’
Community Innovators with the Uganda Red Cross hope to make a big difference in young peoples’ lives with small, green enterprises
Five rescue teams from the Taiwan Red Cross supported government and military emergency services in searching the ruins of collapsed buildings in Tainan City in early February, after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck in the south of Taiwan. In the most difficult cases, the teams spent hours digging through a maze of broken concrete walls and rubble. In one dramatic case, Red Cross workers discovered a little boy who was trapped deep inside one of the buildings. Red Cross staff and volunteers helped by providing psychosocial support to patients and their relatives, preparing hot meals, distributing blankets, sleeping bags and warm jackets, and delivering cash grants to the closest relatives of those who were killed, among other things. Photo: REUTERS/Pichi Chuan
Community Innovators with the Uganda Red Cross hope to make a big difference in young peoples’ lives with small, green enterprises
Migrants often have a lot to be afraid of as they struggle to get by in new surroundings: Arrest. Deportation. Violence. Theft. But building and maintaining trust is possible, say experts. They share their advice in this short, selfie-style video.
From Ebola to disasters, the Ugandan Red Cross is used to responding to a wide range of crises. In western Uganda, for example, the Red Cross has been helping a growing number of people displaced by catastrophic yearly mudslides and floods.
Half the people we serve (and often more) are women. Gender parity is not only a question of principle, it’s about results.
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