The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.
PHILIPPINES: Three months after Tropical Storm Washi hit the northern coast of Mindanao island, the two hardest hit provinces of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan are slowly getting back on their feet. To date, the Red Cross has reached 15,000 families with food and other relief items, provided hygiene kits and hygiene promotion sessions for 15,000 families, and has distributed mosquito nets to 5,000 families. Red Cross volunteers will soon distribute food to a further 15,000 storm survivors and will continue to provide clean drinking water for those still displaced by the storm.
MEXICO: Yesterday, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico. Up to 10 aftershocks have been reported throughout neighbouring states but the Mexican Red Cross branches of Guerrero and Oaxaca do not report significant damage. The Mexican Red Cross is mobilizing damage assessment teams from Acapulco, about four hours away from the earthquake’s epicentre. Ambulances and assessment teams from Acapulco and Puerto Escondido branches have been dispatched to Ometepec.
MALI: Some 72,000 displaced people have fled their homes in northern Mali according to ICRC and Mali Red Cross estimates. Many are living in extremely precarious conditions. Against a backdrop of ongoing armed clashes, the ICRC's priority is to gain access to people who have been displaced, injured and/or detained.
GLOSSARY:
ICRC = International Committee of the Red Cross
IFRC = International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies