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News stories from January 2008
Kenya Red Cross action team at work 1 © REUTERS/Tim Cocks/ courtesy www.alertnet.org Kenya Red Cross vital to relief effort
(28 January 2008)
The Kenya Red Cross has been “absolutely central” to the humanitarian response to the violence that has gripped Kenya since the general election.
Residents walk on the flooded banks of the Zambezi River in Caia, central Mozambique 2 © REUTERS/Grant Lee Neuenburg (MOZAMBIQUE)/ courtesy www.alertnet.org Red Cross launches appeal as thousands evacuated from floods
(17 January 2008)
At least 55,000 people threatened by floods in Mozambique have been evacuated – all, remarkably, in small boats.
Boat packed with people carrying Red Cross relief in Bangladesh after cyclone 3 © BRC Bangladesh cyclone recovery plan
(17 January 2008)
The British Red Cross is working in Bangladesh to assist up to 1,000 households rebuild their homes and restore their livelihoods following the devastating cyclone in November.
Fernanda Teixeira, secretary general of the Mozambique Red Cross 4 © IFRC Flood alert in southern Africa
(11 January 2008)
Huge swathes of southern Africa are experiencing severe floods which could turn into a regional disaster.
Kenyan boy 5 © REUTERS/Antony Njuguna/ courtesy www.alertnet.org Red Cross helps Kenyan refugees in Uganda
(09 January 2008)
Nearly 4,000 people who have fled violence in Kenya are being cared for across the border by the Red Cross.
Red Cross workers remove bodies after violence in Kiambaa, Kenya 6 © REUTERS/Tim Cocks/ courtesy www.alertnet.org Kenya Crisis Appeal launched
(04 January 2008)
The British Red Cross has opened an appeal to provide relief to people affected by violence in Kenya following the recent disputed election.
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