Rec Cross News Today

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network): Red Cross and Red Crescent leaders from South-East Asia began a two-day meeting on Thursday (Oct 6) to discuss regional issues.

To alleviate the stress brought by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Abra on July 27, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) provided psychological first aid (PFA) to over 700 individuals in Abra and Ilocos Sur, 216 of them are children. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) According to PRC, PFA is being given by train