The situation has further worsened with the escalation of hostilities in Rafah. Trauma is widespread, and every part of Gaza is in ruins.

Humanitarian assistance alone is not and cannot be the answer. A political solution is crucial.

Urgent actions are needed:

- Protect

This is the story of Ademola Gafarr who gave blood, on March 2, for the 50th time and to mark the occasion — which was also his birthday — he persuaded 50 other people to give blood at the same time.

Full story: bit.ly/3KI2Zd7

#WorldBloodDonorDay

Este año celebramos el 20º aniversario del #DíaMundialDelDonantedeSangre

Es una excelente oportunidad para agradecer a las personas que donan sangre en todo el mundo.

Gracias, su donación salva vidas ♥️

Donar sangre puede salvar vidas, hacerlo de forma frecuente facilita que haya sangre almacenada de forma segura y sostenible.

Únete al esfuerzo y salva vidas.

On #WorldBloodDonorDay 2024, we remind everyone that giving blood is an amazing act of solidarity.

Every drop counts and may help save a life.

Get in touch with your local Red Cross and join the effort today!🩸❤️
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Myanmar Red Cross volunteers are not just donating blood.

When someone urgently needs blood in a hospital, they reach out through the volunteer network to see if anyone is able to find a donor, and then connect them with the person. #𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

Throughout April and May, West Asia was hit by several storms. Flash floods killed at least 500 people in Afghanistan, 124 in Pakistan and 18 in Iran, destroyed thousands of homes and wiped out crops, worsening food shortages and threatening agricultural livelihoods.

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When #Ebola broke out in Uganda in September 2022, Uganda Red Cross Society teams were prepared and ready to support communities through the darkest of times.

Learn how their work through the Community Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Programme with USAID Uganda led to a more effective

'This is a crisis that's faded off of the world's attention, but it certainly has not faded with the familied who are living here.'

Last week, IFRC President Kate Forbes visited Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, the largest refugee camp in the world with over one million people.

64 survivors rescued by the Ocean Viking over the weekend have disembarked in Marina di Carrara, Italy.

After days at sea, they have finally reached the place of safety.

Rescue completed.

The @IFRC and the Ethiopian Red Cross Society urgently call for safe and unhindered humanitarian access to thousands of vulnerable Sudanese refugees near the Metema border point in Ethiopia.

Let’s not forget the crisis that don’t make it to the headlines. bit.ly/4bgejbz

Honduras is a country of origin, transit and return for migrants.

Every day, Honduran Red Cross volunteers help people return home after facing dangers and challenges in their search for a better life elsewhere.

They are #NotAlone on this journey.