Red Cross Humanitarian Aid Workers from New Zealand are deployed across the world to help in times of crisis and in rebuilding efforts once the crisis has passed. > For information on becoming an aid worker.
2010/07/09
In the first of a new series, Niall Shepherd, Red Cross security coordinator in Colombo, Sri Lanka, shares his day. It is 6am and through the haze of sleep I vaguely hear a bell ringing in the distance calling local M.. read more 
2010/05/28
Auckland engineer Victoria Fray has just returned to New Zealand after a mission as a water and sanitation aid worker in Samoa following September's tsunami and earthquake. Her job, in an international team that supported the Samoa Red Cross Society,.. read more
2010/04/15
Red Cross veteran Warwick Inder has been deployed to China this week for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. He will work with the Red Cross Society of China.Hours after the most recent quake, in Qinghai Province, 1,.. read more
2010/04/13
New Zealand Red Cross aid worker Steve Davis was more surprised than anyone when a series of earthquakes struck off the Solomon Islands on Sunday.As part of ongoing disaster relief and recovery, Christchurch man Steve Davis was deployed to the Solomo.. read more
2010/02/25
New Zealand Red Cross aid workers sent to Tonga and the Cook Islands following destructive cyclones returned to New Zealand today (Tuesday).Douglas Clark, now back in his home town of Dunedin, said Tonga was fortunate to escape serious damage... read more
2010/03/15
New Zealand Red Cross aid worker Joyce Hood will received the highest honour in the nursing profession on 18 March.The Florence Nightingale medal is awarded to people who distinguish themselves in times of peace or war by showing exceptional courage .. read more
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