The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.
HONDURAS: Thousands of people in Honduras are facing the prospect of rebuilding their communities following extensive floods which caused landslides. The Honduran Red Cross has mobilized to attend to those in need, working with municipal and governmental authorities, as well as civil society organizations in the evacuation of people who are at risk and in the delivery of humanitarian aid to the area.
SOUTHERN EUROPE: Recent days have seen countries in southern Europe faced with extreme weather conditions, including severe rain and storms. The Italian Red Cross is focusing on urban search and rescue, health care, food assistance, shelter and psychosocial support activities for those affected by the floods.
SUDAN: Between January and October, in a campaign carried out jointly by the ICRC and the Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries, one million animals in Darfur and almost a hundred thousand in South Kordofan were immunized against the five major diseases affecting animals in Sudan.
GLOSSARY:
ICRC = International Committee of the Red Cross
IFRC = International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies