Red Cross stories
Red Cross stories
Read our stories filled with humanity, resilience and the spirit of volunteering. They show how your support is helping vulnerable people in New Zealand and around the world.
22 December 2025
The long road to recovery after multiple disasters in the Philippines
“Don’t forget” is seemingly such a small request. It comes from New Zealand Red Cross international delegate Ellie van Baaren, currently in the Philippines, where three huge disasters have recently ravaged the densely populated country, affecting countless human lives.
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22 December 2025
International delegate, Dallas Roy, supporting flood response in Sri Lanka
As part of our response to the devasting floods and landslides across South and Southeast Asia, our international delegate, Dallas Roy, has once again packed his bags and headed to Sri Lanka to support recovery efforts following one of the country’s worst disasters in recent history.
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10 November 2025
By the numbers – our 2024/25 year
Over this past year, we’ve continued to support vulnerable people at home and overseas, while making progress to achieve our 10-year strategic plan.
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23 October 2025
The Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah – stories from the frontline
With much of Gaza’s health infrastructure destroyed, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sent a tented 60-bed field hospital, now expanded to 110 beds. While originally designed to run self-sufficiently for only four months, it’s been operating since May 2024.
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25 August 2025
Wherever the need is greatest – 65 years of our International Delegate Programme
Since 1960, we’ve sent team members overseas on more than 1,000 assignments to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity on the front line.
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