Fiji Red Cross: The resilience of a National society

Resilience learned from COVID19 The Fiji Red Cross Society, showed their resilience in providing first aid trainings no matter what.  During the COVID 19 pandemic, they faced difficulties in organizing First Aid training as the Ministry of Health made restrictions. However  for Fiji,...

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Being a first aid trainer in a wheelchair is possible!

Portrait of Elisa, passionate volunteer at the French Red Cross Nearly one French person in five will have a disability during his or her life. In France, more than 80% of people with all kinds of disabilities become disabled in adulthood.This change marks a turning point in their lives. They face...

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CPR saves a life in Uganda

Kampala, Uganda Around 1:40am on April 6th, Richard Kabunga was walking home from a friend’s housewarming party when he found a man lying unconscious outside a bar in his neighbourhood.  “He had been left for dead by the roadside,” Kabunga says. “It was raining...

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Re-starting hearts in Niger and Burkina Faso

First aid and resuscitation are at the core of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement’s work. For decades, it has been considered as acts of humanity motivated by the willingness to save lives without discrimination.  Every year, millions of people die or suffer complications from injury due to...

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Spotlight on… first aid teams in Pakistan

“The power of empowering”: First Aid Trainers and Volunteers from the Pakistan Red Crescent Society For more than 150 years and all around the world, providing first aid to injured people has been one of the principal mission of Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies. Each year,...

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