Reports

By Charles Gaudry, Head of Mission for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Kenya 23 June 2015 This opinion piece was originally published in the Daily Nation, Kenya, on June 19th 2015. It is almost 25 years since the first people…

Four New Zealand nurses are helping treat those wounded in violent clashes in South Sudan. All four are seconded to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), two in the capital Juba and two in Malakal in…

The Zimbabwe Red Cross Society and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) are increasingly concerned about the lack of funding received for the Zimbabwe Cholera Appeal. This concern comes as reports from the Zimbabwe Ministry of…

New Zealand Red Cross is delivering practical assistance to the Zimbabwe Red Cross as they tackle the cholera outbreak that has affected the country for the past four months. This week New Zealand Red Cross will fund the purchase of…

As millions of vulnerable people across the Horn of Africa face a life threatening battle for food, New Zealand Red Cross has committed $30,000 to assist with relief operations. A recent report from the International Federation of Red Cross and…

The lush rural farmland of Raglan and the isolated rural desert areas of western Sudan could not be more different but New Zealand Red Cross aid worker Michael Carter is accustomed to both landscapes. Former Waikato University student Michael Carter has…

New Zealand Red Cross is assisting the New Zealand Government in providing vital aid to eastern Uganda which has been devastated by flooding and landslides. Today Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced that New Zealand would contribute $500,000 to the international relief…

This week, the tenth New Zealand Red Cross aid worker departs to join her Kiwi colleagues, helping thousands of vulnerable people in Sudan. Currently New Zealand Red Cross has 30 aid workers deployed in over 15 different countries, with a…

A New Zealand Red Cross worker returning this week from Sudan is warning that the troubled Darfur region is likely to face a major food crisis next year. Andrew Macalister, of Nelson, says that the annual harvest is just finishing…