On the 4th of August, a massive explosion occurred in the port area of Beirut, capital of Lebanon, injuring more than 6500 people and affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands. Four months later,...
Description of the disaster On Tuesday 4 August 2020 at around 6pm, two explosions occurred at the Port of Beirut. The cause remains unclear, but initial reports claim it started with a fire in a...
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICRC has continued its work to support people with disability across the world. In Nepal, Nirmala Bhandari and Ramesh Khatri are part of a group of people who...
SITUATION OVERVIEW Project HOPE is deploying an Emergency Medical Team (EMT) in partnership with the Spanish INGO SAMU. Project HOPE is on the ground in Honduras coordinating shipments of PPE and...
World + 4 more
FAST FACTS • According to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, which consolidates data from a range of sources, as of November 18, there have been 64,097,151 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in...
Guatemala + 3 more
A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster A massive population movement, known as a caravan, departed from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on 14 January 2020. These migration flows have been...
IRC Pakistan has been one of the leading INGOs working alongside the government on the COVID-19 response . Till date IRC has reached approximately 41 million individuals through its risk...
Geneva, 2 December 2020 – Hundreds of thousands of new volunteers worldwide have joined their National Red Cross and Red Crescent Society this year, providing vital support to their local communities...
Genève (CICR) – Alors que l’on commence à disposer de vaccins contre le Covid-19, le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) entend veiller à ce qu’un accès équitable à cette vaccination soit...
Geneva (ICRC) – As vaccines for COVID-19 become available, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hopes to ensure that people affected by conflict and violence who might otherwise be...
Summary of operation update: This operation update is issued mainly to inform about the progress of operation covering the period of 18 July 2019 until 15 November 2020. The planned response actions...
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January 2019: IFRC allocated its Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Venezuelan Red Cross. March 2019: The IFRC President visited Venezuela, marking a crucial step for the National...
Situation analysis Description of the disaster On 14 November 2020, the President of the Republic, following an alarming increase of IPC 3 and 4 areas in Madagascar, called for an international...
FECHA DE ENVÍO: 27/11/2020 CONTEXTO Avance de situación ola invernal en Colombia Según el IDEAM se sigue presentando alerta roja por alta probabilidad de crecientes súbitas, inundaciones y/o...
SENDING DATE: 11/27/2020 SITUATION OVERVIEW Rainy season progress situation in Colombia According to IDEAM, a red alert is presented due to high probability of increasing sudden floods and/or...
A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster Continuous heavy rains resulted in mudflows between 14 and 16 May 2020 in Khatlon Province, Asadullo, 18th Hizb (former Partsyezd) and Pakhtaobod...
National Context: • The districts with COVID-19 active positive cases have now climbed up to 75 out of 77, with 1,508 deaths. In the past week alone, there were more than 150 COVID-19 related deaths...
November 30th, 2020 ― Doha: In cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Gaza, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has distributed 77 digital thermometers to 44 public schools...
By Birgitte Bischoff Ebbesen, Regional Director, Europe, International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies Europe is experiencing the fastest rise in Coronavirus infections in the world...
Turkey + 1 more
By Sevde Nur Söylemez COVID-19 has challenged our approach as humanitarians – how can we still support the most vulnerable while still keeping people safe from this pandemic? For Turkey, we’ve...