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Getting ahead of future trends is not always just about predicting particular events or outcomes.

Guest editorials: World Humanitarian Summit — a big deal for humanity?

Guest editorials World Humanitarian Summit: a big deal for humanity? Merewalesi Nailatikau Youth commission chair, Fiji Red Cross Society I was quite proud of the Movement’s position at the Summit, particularly with its emphasis on human dignity and the idea of ‘intervention as local as possible, as international as necessary’ as well as our message [...]

Season of rain, season of tragedy

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.