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Women Empowered Promo Card option 01 (1)

The slum city with no fathers

… where women raise children – and tackle cyclones – in sisterhoods

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3 minutes
Aboutaye Magongi, 40, and her family pose outside their home in the village of Keiche, southern Niger.

A world at a crossroads: my trip to Niger

Towards the end of 2021, chief executive Mike Adamson visited Niger. He found the work of our Niger Red Cross colleagues truly inspirational

Article
4 minutes
Internally displaced Afghan families, who fled from Kunduz, Takhar and Baghlan province, sit in front of their temporary tents at Sara-e-Shamali in Kabul on August 11, 2021.

Afghanistan in crisis: how you can help

The British Red Cross has launched an appeal for the people of Afghanistan, as millions face severe food shortages and hunger

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2 minutes
A woman stands facing the camera while stood in front of rubble following an earthquake in Afghanistan

Afghanistan earthquake: hundreds of thousands of people affected

The Afghan Red Crescent is delivering food, medicine and shelter after deadly 5.9 magnitude earthquake

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2 minutes
A mother holds her baby in a dusty landscape in Taita Taveta in Kenya. She is surrounded by starving animals.

Africa hunger crisis: 100 million people are now struggling to eat

Soaring food prices, conflict and climate change are plunging Africa into a severe and enduring food crisis. The British Red Cross has launched an appeal to help avert catastrophe.

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5 minutes
A person from the Kenya Red Cross looks out at floodwater

"African voices must be heard at COP26"

Dr Asha Mohammed, Secretary General of the Kenyan Red Cross, on why communities on the frontline of climate change must be heard

Article
2 minutes
One of the Women's Squads of Barishal

It starts with her: an update, one year on

A thank you to everyone who donated to the appeal, and an update from Barishal

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2 minutes
Emergency response volunteer Kenny drives through floodwater in a British Red Cross vehicle to reach the community of Fishlake, Doncaster.

Are extreme weather events becoming more frequent?

Ahead of COP26, the Met Office’s senior climate scientist Nikos Christidis explains the link between extreme weather events and climate change

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2 minutes
Standing in front of woods blackened by fire with their backs to the camera, an Australian Red Cross volunteer puts his arm around a woman as she lowers her head.

Australian bush fires: how the Red Cross helped to reunite and rebuild

A moving first-person account of how the Red Cross helped people before, during and after the Australian bush fires.

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3 minutes
A Lebanese Red Cross ambulance crew

Beirut explosion: “Trees in my street were ripped from the ground”

One Red Cross delegate on the aftermath of the explosion in Beirut

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2 minutes
Beirut: one month on

The blast in Beirut: a month on

The city begins to rebuild, but there is a long road ahead

Story
4 minutes
Members of a Red Cross mothers club

Brave mothers of the Sahel

Mothers Clubs' are creating financial security across the troubled Sahel region, raising a woman's profile and creating solidarity within communities.

Article
4 minutes

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