The Red Cross Round-up

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.

ITALY: Between April 8-11, more than 4,000 migrants and asylum seekers arrived by sea to Italy, and thousands more are expected in the coming weeks and months.  With the European spring having arrived, the seas are calmer and safer, and this normally leads to an increase in migration, which both authorities and aid agencies try to prepare for.  The Italian Red Cross presently has 225 volunteers mobilized can assist with health screening and can provide relief and assistance, and psychosocial support and advice.
 
UGANDA:  The Uganda Red Cross is providing much-needed assistance to refugees from South Sudan. This includes registration at reception, transit and settlement camps, first aid, psychosocial support, hygiene promotion, and provision of non-food relief items.

SOMALIA: Many sources of water in Somalia have been damaged or have lacked maintenance since the outbreak of conflict in the early 1990s. Making sure that Somalis have access to safe water supplies is thus a central part of the ICRC’s work in the country. In 2013, nearly 375,000 people – and crucially also their livestock – had their access to water improved by the ICRC.