🫶The Palestine Red Crescent Society's #mental_health and psychosocial support team organized a recreational event in celebration of World Mental Health Day at the society’s clinics in #Gaza Governorate. The event aimed to bring joy to #children through various activities.

🧵 CNN just removed a far-right panelist for a racist remark against progressive commentator Mehdi Hasan. This was the right decision. But as a former TV booker, what happened is part of a much bigger problem...

📚After over a year without education, 150 children in #Gaza now have access to learning through the Palestine Red Crescent’s “Shaded #School” initiative. This program provides essential instruction in reading, writing, math, and English, along with engaging warm-up exercises and

My column on Saoirse Ronan burning the chat show circuit down theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Join us here at 09:30 CET tomorrow (Weds) for IFRC X Spaces, our weekly look at work across our network. This week: - the latest on the floods in Spain - Lebanon/Syria - saving lives at sea - Lassa fever response in Nigeria x.com/i/spaces/1vOxw…

At dawn, #OceanViking rescued 140 people - including 5 women and 4 children - from an overcrowded, double-decker boat off Libya’s coast. Many suffered fuel burns and seasickness but are now safe with care from IFRC specialists and SOS MEDITERRANEE teams. #SearchAndRescue

Lupita Gonzalez from the Mexican Red Cross spoke to BBC Newsday this week about her incredible work supporting migrants trying to cross the desert over into the US - many of whom don't make it. A true humanitarian #RedCross #migration

🎙️Join us here at 09:30 CET tomorrow (Weds) for IFRC X Spaces, our weekly look at humanitarian work across our network. This week: - the latest on 6 typhoons which hit the Philippines in the last month - we'll hear reflections from the Ukrainian Red Cross on 1000 days of

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🌧️ Six tropical typhoons in a month: an unprecedented weather crisis in the Philippines. IFRC has increased its Emergency Appeal to 9M CHF to aid the Philippine Red Cross in supporting 86,000+ people across 12 hard-hit provinces. Hear more from Gopal Mukherjee , Acting Head of

1000 days since the conflict began in Ukraine, airstrikes continue to devastate the country, with civilians paying the highest price. Leonid Melnikov, Emergency response service specialist of the Ukrainian Red Cross Ukrainian Red Cross, gives us an update on the situation in this

"Imagine thousands of people at a time crossing the border, sometimes on foot, and in general with very few possessions - only what they were able to carry. They are exhausted and trying to figure out where to go next." Ramzi Saliba, @IFRC’s Emergency Operations Manager in

The IFRC and Ukrainian Red Cross are delivering generators, solar panels, emergency supplies, and cash assistance to support affected families. However, needs are overwhelming, and international support is declining. Urgent action and long-term investment are crucial to help the

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To honour the 32 staff and volunteers we’ve lost this year, more than 20 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies came together with one purpose: Solidarity. #ProtectHumanity

Join us at 09:30 CET tomorrow (Weds) for IFRC X Spaces, our weekly look at what's going on across our humanitarian network. This week: •IFRC mental health programmes supporting the Ukrainian diaspora •A look back on the Ocean Viking ship’s year of search and rescue •And a

Several hundred people are feared dead on the French island of Mayotte after a cyclone brought wind speeds of 140mph. Eric Sam Vah from the French Red Cross tells #R4Today the situation is 'chaotic'. 📷 KWEZI / AFP / Getty Images

🎙️Join us at 09:30 CET tomorrow (Weds) for IFRC X Spaces, our weekly look at what's going on across our humanitarian network. We'll have: - The latest on Cyclone Chido & the Croix-Rouge fr response - We’ll hear from Asia Pacific colleagues on the earthquake in Vanuatu - An update

Last year Ukraine Red Cross Ukrainian Red Cross Emergency Response volunteers in Sumy evacuated this elderly couple holding hands, while getting away from the frontline. Hear more from Anastasiia Shvets, @IFRC communications coordinator in Kiev.

This week’s edition - moving testimony from Ukrainians as we near the 3 year mark of conflict there, an update on the humanitarian situation in Syria, the latest on an Ebola outbreak in Uganda & reflections from the Caribbean 8 months on from Hurricane Beryl 🎙️