Domino Disasters
21 February 2012
Returning migrants to the Sahel region of Africa from Libya, and other conflict zones in North Africa, are placing increasing stress on countries with already diminishing food reserves. This is just one of the disasters adding to the looming food crisis in Niger, the Irish Red Cross said today.
A disaster that can be avoided
15 February 2012
The Irish Red Cross today launched an emergency appeal in a bid to alleviate the looming food crisis in Niger. The appeal will support the Red Cross’s urgent screening for malnutrition in children under five, together with the rapid delivery of therapeutic food that will stop hundreds of children from going hungry.
Red Cross Volunteers Assist Homeless in Big Freeze
7 February 2012
Since the very first hours after temperatures around Europe plunged below zero degrees, Red Cross volunteers and staff have been assisting the most vulnerable people
Volunteers Unite At Union Hall Tragedy
6 February 2012
On Monday January 16th, Irish Red Cross Cork area volunteers received a request from the HSE to deploy ambulances and crews to Glandore Harbour/Union Hall Pier to provide first aid cover for volunteers searching for the skipper and crew of the Tit Bonhomme fishing trawler.
Somalia: ICRC remains fully committed to helping Somalis
6 February 2012
Geneva/Nairobi (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) regrets the decision of the Office for Supervising the Affairs of Foreign Agencies of the Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen to terminate the agreement under which the ICRC was allowed to deliver emergency food aid in Al-Shabaab administered areas of Somalia.
