The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.
SOUTH AMERICA: Heavy rain fall over the past four months continues to cause severe flooding and landslides in several countries in South America, affecting Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru. The severe weather in the region has damaged crops and roads, leaving many communities isolated, and seriously affecting the livelihoods of some 800,000 people living in mostly indigenous communities. To respond to these humanitarian needs, National Red Cross Societies, in cooperation with local governments and with support from the IFRC, are distributing food parcels, hygiene kits, and mosquito nets to some 56,000 beneficiaries.
HAITI: Targeting polio, measles and rubella in youth under ten, the Haitian Red Cross is throwing its weight behind a vaccination campaign to make sure the vaccination message gets through to as many families as possible. Alongside a sound truck, which will reach thousands of people in Port-au-Prince, hundreds of Red Cross volunteers across Haiti are visiting people’s homes, sending millions of text messages, and posting twitter messages.
GLOSSARY:
IFRC = International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies