The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.
ITALY: 250 Italian Red Cross staff and volunteers are taking part in the rescue and relief operation at the site of capsized liner Costa Concordia. The cruise ship hit rocks off Italy’s west coast on Friday night, killing at least 12 people and injuring 70. Volunteers have supplied more than 800 people with clothes, shoes, hygiene kits, medicines and other materials; moved people to nearby hospitals; and provided health care for 40 of the injured passengers at the medical post of the hospital of Orbetello.
UNITED STATES: The American Red Cross continues to provide food, shelter and basic necessities for residents of Alabama whose lives were affected earlier this week when tornadoes destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes and left thousands of people without power.
GLOSSARY:
ICRC = International Committee of the Red Cross
IFRC = International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies