Libya: Beyond Jargon Reconnecting Families Separated by War
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In Libya, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works to help families find loved ones missing due to conflict as part of its Restoring Family Links program. One ICRC humanitarian worker shares her experience.
As humanitarian workers helping reconnect families separated by conflict, the ICRC use jargon like tracing, re-establishing and maintaining family contact, family reunification, transfer of documents, and exchange of oral or Red Cross Messages.
The people who benefit from these services are often called beneficiaries who have been separated from their loved ones due to conflict, natural disaster, or migration. There is a constant grind, hum, and creak of these terms that can be easily evaluated, measured, tested, and finally reported as yearly statistics.
2020 Annual Report of the Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems
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FOREWORD
2020 will be remembered as a year that revealed some important truths for a young CREWS Initiative but ones that should embolden us.
COVID-19 did impact our work and timelines. It will continue to do so for some time still. The global travel ban tested our business model. Our national and regional partners, supported by our implementing partners the World Bank/Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) showed resilience and creativity in finding solutions to a new reality. They also took on greater ownership and responsibilities on project activities in a challenging year.
As the COVID-19 response in Myanmar falls after a military coup on February 1, an armed ethnic organization in the north of the country has deployed 20,000 people in areas that quietly govern, with cross-border support from China.
The Chinese company Sinovac Biotech has been produced by the Chinese Red Cross Association with the support of members of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
KIO is one of 20 ethnic armed organizations operating across Myanmar’s borders with China, Thailand and India. Many of them have corrected their COVID-19 responses since the beginning of the pandemic.
Despite the escalation of unrest and civil wars since the coup, the KIO and Karen National Union (KNU), two of the country’s most established ethnic armed organizations, have told Al Jazeera to stay as long as possible.
Police stations receive tippy tanks from LRCS Police stations receive tippy tanks from LRCS
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THE Lesotho Red Cross Society (LRCS) this week partnered with Coca-Cola in donating tippy tanks to district police headquarters across the country.
The project was launched at Qacha’s Nek Police Station on Monday.
Tippy tanks are simplified handwashing devices which are activated by a foot thereby ensuring that hands can be washed without touching the stand and spread bacteria.
LRCS secretary general Kopano Masilo said the project is meant to ensure that public places that attract many people have hand washing facilities to curb the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The project was funded by Coca-Cola through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to a tune of M546 000.
Myanmar : Civil Unrest response - (Revised) Appeal N° MDRMM016
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This emergency appeal is part of a Federation-wide approach which is based on one plan with the response activities of all IFRC network members contributing to the response. The funding requirement of CHF 4.5 million comprises all the support and funding that will be needed for the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) supported by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to deliver the immediate assistance and ongoing support to people affected by Civil Unrest-Myanmar. It is acknowledged that in the initial phase of the response immediate and timely support was provided to MRCS through bilateral contributions by movement partners. This funding request reflects additional needs due to the escalating nature of the crisis, supporting MRCS across the 12-month response phase.