Mud, quicksand and despair are all that’s left of many villages along the Trishuli River in Nepal’s Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts. One month on from the devastating flash flood that tore through the region, Nepal Red Cross Society, supported by IFRC, has been working tirelessly to airlift food to remote communities, install water tanks to supply safe drinking water and set up field clinics to treat as many patients as it can every day.

New Zealand Red Cross Secretary General Sarah Stuart-Black on why locally-led disaster response and Kiwi generosity offer hope amid global crises.

The generosity of New Zealand Red Cross supporters is helping communities in Venezuela as they move from the immediate aftermath of June’s deadly earthquakes into the longer and more complex journey of recovery.

On World Humanitarian Day, New Zealand Red Cross is supporting the global #ProtectHumanity campaign and standing alongside humanitarian workers who show up in the hardest moments to help others in conflict, disaster, and crisis.

Recent strikes on Kyiv, including one attack that left at least 30 people dead and sent tens of thousands of families back into underground shelters, as well as further deadly attacks in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Donetsk, are a stark reminder that civilians across Ukraine continue to bear the heaviest toll.