23 Nov 2009 18:29:00 GMT 'All Our Children'-- Church World Service sharpens focus on next generation Church World Service November 20, 2009
NEW YORK CITY/PREAH VIHEAR, CAMBODIA -- In tribute to Universal Children's Day (November 20) international humanitarian agency Church World Service says it is intensifying its ...
23 Nov 2009 17:58:00 GMT CWS tells Food Summit, 'Spend already promised funds on child malnutrition' Church World Service November 17, 2009
NEW YORK -- With no specific financial commitments made at this week's international food summit in Rome, humanitarian agency Church World Service is urging world leaders to " ...
23 Nov 2009 17:58:00 GMT CWS tells Food Summit, 'Spend already promised funds on child malnutrition' Church World Service November 17, 2009
NEW YORK -- With no specific financial commitments made at this week's international food summit in Rome, humanitarian agency Church World Service is urging world leaders to " ...
23 Nov 2009 17:50:00 GMT Stop the killing in the Congo Oxfam International Crisis in Congo: a new approach is needed
The crisis in Congo is often known as the 'forgotten conflict', yet this war has killed over 5 million people. We need your help right now to help ensure ...
23 Nov 2009 17:38:00 GMT Taking the fight for climate justice to the Capitol and to Copenhagen Church World Service November 18, 2009
In less than a month world leaders will meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, to devise a new global agreement to counter climate change. And, for more than a year, Church World Service ...
23 Nov 2009 15:10:00 GMT First aid and disaster training in Papua Johanniter - International Assistance On November 1, 2009, a project to expand training in first aid and disaster relief began in the city of Jayapura.
Papua, the easternmost province of Indonesia, is regularly shaken by earthquakes. ...
23 Nov 2009 14:14:39 GMT Red Cross and Red Crescent honours remarkable
humanitarians International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland Nairobi/Geneva (ICRC and IFRC) – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement paid tribute to the remarkable work and achievements of
five of its members by awarding them the Henry Dunant Medal at a ceremony in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Monday night.
23 Nov 2009 12:59:21 GMT Irish Red Cross responds to floods around the
country Irish Red Cross - Ireland (Crois Dhearg na hÉireann) Sunday 22 November 2009
Members of the Irish Red Cross remain on standby in most areas affected by floods.
In Cork where the Irish Red Cross distributed blankets to people who had lost their homes as well as
transporting Health Service staff to nursing homes, five 4x4 ambulances and their volunteer crews from Kinsale, Bandon, Middleton, Fermoy and Kanturk remain on standby to further assist in Cork City
if required.
23 Nov 2009 12:32:27 GMT Irish Red Cross responds to floods
Irish Red Cross - Ireland (Crois Dhearg na hÉireann) Friday 20 November 2009
The Irish Red Cross is
responding to floods in Cork and Waterford, in fulfilment of its role as an auxiliary to the State.
In Cork, a number of Irish Red Cross ambulances, minibuses and volunteer members of the
Irish Red Cross were deployed yesterday evening and in the early hours of this morning, at the request of the HSE and the Gardaí to help nursing staff get to and from their places of work and to
assist evacuees from flooded residences. The Red Cross is also responding to a request to provide blankets to some of those who have been forced from their accommodation due to flooding. A Red Cross 4
x 4 unit also responded yesterday to a flooding incident in Co. Waterford.
