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Forgotten Emergencies in Eastern Europe
RedR and the Austrian Red Cross are set to deliver vital aid worker training to humanitarian organisations responding to under-reported and under-funded disasters in Eastern Europe.
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Aid worker training in East Africa expands as RedR UK opens in Kenya
Disaster-hit communities across Eastern Africa, such as those affected by the ongoing food crisis, are set to be better supported by aid workers in the years to come thanks to a new RedR UK humanitarian training centre which has opened its doors in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
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East Africa food crisis won't be solved overnight
As the food crisis continues to unfold in the eastern Horn of Africa, with a famine declared in five regions of Somalia, the situation across the region is becoming increasingly tough for many. RedR Member Richard Evans is working as the Shelter Cluster Coordinator for the UNHCR in Mogadishu. Here he describes some of the challenges he and his colleagues are facing as thousands of people continue to stream into the city in search of help.
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World Humanitarian Day: RedR Backs Aid Worker Security Campaign
The reasons aid workers give for doing the job they do are as diverse as the conflicts and countries in which they work. Seeing the smile on the face of a Haitian child who is now able to attend school - or helping save lives in a conflict-ridden region of Somalia are just two personal motivations mentioned by humanitarians in a video produced by humanitarianpolicy.org (and edited by OCHA), to mark World Humanitarian Day on 19 August.
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Pakistan floods, one year on: "Tell the world we're not terrorists"
RedR's Nic Scarborough recently travelled to Pakistan to document the impact of the devastating 2010 flooding and the vital role that RedR's humanitarian training has played in helping to rebuild lives. Here, he reflects on his trip and on some of the things he saw along the way.
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