My name is Mwasaru Victor. I am an Advanced Emergency Medical Technician. In the current, difficult situation with COVID-19 spreading in Kenya I am helping with delivering essential services to people and families around my community. It is the most difficult time for...
A herculean task RCV in Nigeria where we recorded an unprecedented level of recognition, acceptance, coordination, collaboration, cooperation, and synergy working with local and national stakeholders to reduce the impact of COVID-19. National societies and the...
What has been your experience of volunteering in COVID-19? Tell us your story? When all of this started, back on the 21st of February, I was away for training in the city of Bologna, after the first case was announced, the reaction was immediate and in a matter of few...
What has been your experience of volunteering in COVID-19? Tell us your story? My name is Monica Bononi and I’m a volunteer at the Italian Red Cross and I work as a psychologist. On top of serving on ambulances, I’m part of SeP (Psychosocial Support). On February...
My name is Boyan Boyanov. I am a student and a national basketball player. I’ve been a volunteer for the Bulgarian Red Cross youth in Sofia for more than 4 years. So far, I have mainly helped with raising funds, supporting the causes of the Red Cross. In the current,...
Speaking from one of the hardest hit countries, Italian Red Cross volunteers give us an inside look at what’s it’s like to be a first line responder in the time of COVID19. Tommaso Della LongaItalian Red Cross SocietyApril 14,...
In the three months of 2020, our work has changed, and the work is not like a normal office rhythm, for which I love the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement. For its unity and diversity. From the very beginning, the Red Crescent team has done and is doing a lot of...
Unfortunately, the year 2020 started with the saddest news. Literally every day since the beginning of the year we get more and more horrific news about the virus, news about ongoing infections, and unfortunately, about deaths from COVID19. All friendly feasts,...
When I joined the Red Cross I learned about the 3 F’s of Emergency: the so-called Fight-Flight-Freeze response. Flight stands for fleeing the scene, run away when faced with a stressful scenario. Fleeing from a dangerous situation is a survival instinct and the...
