Geneva: The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent is launching an “unprecented campaign” to protect children in Togo from three killer diseases – malaria, measles and polio.  Read article

Geneva: Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies around the world are attracting more volunteers by offering them more interesting and rewarding activities, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.  Read article

Geneva: International Volunteer Day is on 5 December each year and is officially recognized by the United Nations as a day on which volunteers around the world are recognized and celebrated for their contributions and dedication.  Read article

Geneva: The Russian Red Cross (RRC) volunteer psychologists and nurses are providing assistance to the parents and relatives of the hundreds of people being held hostage in a school in Beslan, a town in the Russian region of North Ossetia.  Read article

Geneva: Committed advocate on HIV/AIDS issues and a Red Cross leader in southern Africa, Razia Essack-Kauaria, has joined the board of the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, tubercolosis (TB) and malaria.  Read article

Geneva: Members of a field assessment team from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies have arrived in the Iranian city of Bam, which was devastated by an earthquake on 26 December.  Read article

Geneva: Leaders from volunteer organizations, as well as representatives of governments, civil society and the private sector met from 7 to 8 December at Palexpo for the Conference on Volunteering and Information & Communication Technologies (ICTs).  Read article