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Dr Jenny McMahon has witnessed firsthand the devastation a protracted famine can have on a community, particularly in developing areas.
Kiwi nurse Lucy Gallagher is working in South Sudan, where Red Cross is helping communities affected by conflict and famine.
More than 20 million people in Nigeria, the Horn of Africa and Yemen are facing famine as the region experiences one of the worst droughts in decades. Red Cross is calling on New Zealanders to help.
Wairarapa nurse Jenny Percival has spent six months working in the world's newest country with Red Cross.
Andrew Cameron blogs from remote Kodok, where he was part of the surgical team treating victims of civil war.
It might sound like something from a dramatic episode of Shortland Street, but this is a real, working hospital ward in rural South Sudan.
Lucy Gallagher describes what life is like as an aid worker in South Sudan, where crickets, lizards and frogs provide a soothing bedtime lullaby and gunshots signify a call to action. Lucy reflects on the strength, courage and resilience of the South Sudanese people, despite their homeland being ravaged by civil war for the past two years.
Collaboration, compassion, courage, dignity, hope, knowledge, love, solidarity, support, trust. Corinne writes from Ghana about the hostility of working in the midst of the Ebola outbreak, but shares why these powerful words mean so much.
New Zealand Red Cross sent ten aid workers to South Sudan last year. Some were nurses, others hospital managers, and one was a security advisor.
Aid worker Chris describes how young children like Hawa are separated from their families, when either child or parents are suspected to have Ebola.
Judy says she has enjoyed her 35 years as a New Zealand Red Cross aid worker, and knows she has a unique set of skills that enables her to make a difference. With Judy’s help people like Lucia, Oban and Mary can hopefully soon start rehabilitation, and the long journey back to independence.
From avoiding having your drink spiked, to how to shelter from gunfire and avoiding a roadside ambush, this two-day security training course is probably one of the most important things these Red Cross workers will ever learn.
