One year after the 12 January earthquake in Haiti, New Zealand Red Cross aid worker Kevin Duignan is running a workshop that produces sturdy shelters for people left homeless by the disaster. Some of the homeless people are among the worst-off i..   read more

As the threat of a cholera epidemic reaching the Haitian capital grows with the first confirmed cases in Port-au-Prince, the Red Cross is rapidly responding to the potentially catastrophic situation with a two-fold strategy: preparation and prevention.   read more

New Zealand Red Cross is monitoring two disasters in Indonesia and is ready to provide assistance to the Indonesian Red Cross, if this should be needed. Merapi eruption On Monday, Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano l..   read more

Mabiala Carine, 16, sits on the edge of the bed with her legs dangling. She awoke one morning to find she couldn't stand up. Her older sister took her to hospital where, a few days later, she was diagnosed with polio, a disease that has so far killed 170 Co..   read more

Moussa Maliki is 42, but looks younger than his age. Despite his casual appearance, his eyes are alive, full of energy. A volunteer with the Red Cross Society of Niger since 1986, a few days ago he started working at the health centre in Goudel in the subur..   read more

Every morning for the past 40 years, Fazlay Razak has woken up and headed to the nearby farm fields to work. But he can't do that anymore. Instead, he spends his days digging out the metres of mud that were deposited inside his house by the Ju..   read more