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6 British Red Cross What we achieved 2006 British Red Cross What we achieved 2006
Our first aiders were also ready to by the British Red Cross – were ready for
help at more than 10,000 public events Indonesian families.
throughout the UK – including the
Ida Sabri was overwhelmed by tears as
Great North Run in Tyneside, where 500
she entered her new home, along with her
volunteers helped nearly 1,000 casualties
husband Abdullah and young son Fadri.
Whether you want to read the latest news, find 8 British Red Cross What we achieved 2006 9
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programme in Niagorehun. The programme Cross built are helping. Afterwards, he asked: “How many people in
RELIGION ABILITY GENDER encourages communities to work together your country have their own toilet?” An odd conversation ensued.
and build peace through activities such as He couldn’t believe every household has a toilet, and that even
community farms and building wells. The unemployed people can afford one. I've used enough long-drops in
villagers greeted us with a traditional dance Africa to realise how lucky we are.
and song and then showed us around. I
immediately noticed how different Wednesday 4 February
Niagorehun looked to the villages we’d It's been a hot and hectic day visiting the Monrovia CAR
passed through. Despite being in the middle programme. There are 150 kids at the CAR centre and they just
of the bush, it was spick and span. In most started their ten-month course last week. It begins with literacy and
communities in this area you see rubbish numeracy before they learn a vocation, such as carpentry or soap
and cooking pots lying around, and clothes making – which is popular as it's easy to make a living from. I hung
drying on the ground where they pick up out with the kids during recreation and they loved having their
germs and can cause illness. On the CAPS photos taken. But when it came to talking about their experiences
programme people learn about the during the Life67_p12-13_WIP1_GP
conflict and their dreams for the future, they
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importance of keeping the environment much more withdrawn. I noticed a huge difference between these
clean. One woman I spoke to, Kadie kids who are beginning the CAR programme, and those like
Sawaneh, said how much the health of the Salamatu, in Sierra Leone, who were just about to graduate. You
community had improved as a result of the could tell that the whole programme from the counselling to the
programme and how diarrhoea and scabies education and skills training had given her a new confidence in life.
are no longer rife. 12 Feature
I find, working for the Red Cross, that people often ask me Feature 13
whether aid work actually works and if donations really reach those
Thursday 29 January in need. In the last two weeks I've heard so many moving stories
climate change
Climate change – this term refers to the uncharacteristically
rapid period of change we are now living through. This is
NATIONALITY STATUS FIRST AID Red Cross Life Issue 70, June 2009 attributed, in large part, to the emission of energy-trapping
gases by humans, such as carbon dioxide (CO2).
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has doubled to over 400 per year, economics, it is also a humanitarian worst-case scenario there is no
with nine out of ten now weather- issue. We are seeing more people in doubt that climate-related disasters
related. The debate around climate crisis as more intense hurricanes, are increasing.
change is no longer about proving floods and droughts destroy
it’s happening, but about the livelihoods and create problems in
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1,600 of the most vulnerable women living in Kyrgyzstan.
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appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the
world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch
or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has The creative team at UK Office make lots of good things.
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What kind of volunteer do you want to be?
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“I’m far too busy to volunteer for the Red Cross.” Change someone’s life today
Reg Stagnant and his son Sid are so Poor Reg and Sid, they’re missing all the What about you? You can join Reg and
busy these days. What with the telly fun. They could be helping other British Sid on the sofa or you could do something
and all those trips to the local chippy, Red Cross volunteers with emergency useful and volunteer for the Red Cross. Volunteer for the British Red Cross Volunteer with us
they simply don’t have time to think response and first aid, helath and social
about anyone else. care or migration services work. redcross.org.uk/volunteer
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My year in values...
inclusive compassionate corageous dynamic
If I had to express each day with just one value – by an inclusive act during a meeting, a compassionate motivation to spend my spare time on a
project, a corageous moment standing up for an idea, or a dynamic burst of energy to get the appeal done – my 2009 would look a little like this:
January
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
February
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
March
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
april
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
May
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
June
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
July
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
august
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
septeMber
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
OctOber
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
nOveMber
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
DeceMber
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
ALL COvERS DESERvE SOME LIFE...
The heat is on
To Reduce ouR caRbon emissions
San utpatum alit adiam consectem quiscilit quat aliquamet velendr magnibh San utpatum alit adiam consectem quiscilit quat aliquamet velendr magnibh San utpatum alit adiam consectem quiscilit quat aliquamet velendr magnibh San utpatum alit adiam consectem quiscilit quat aliquamet velendr magnibh San utpatum alit adiam consectem quiscilit quat aliquamet velendr magnibh San utpatum alit adiam consectem quiscilit quat aliquamet velendr magnibh
Issue XX Month 20XX
taking StepS
to reduce
our carBon the heat iS on
footprint To Reduce ouR caRbon emissions
Volunteering
Break in caSe
of emergency
for everyone
Recovery after
the floods
San utpatum alit adiam consectem quiscilit quat aliquamet velendr magnibh San utpatum alit adiam consectem quiscilit quat aliquamet velendr magnibh San utpatum alit adiam consectem quiscilit quat aliquamet velendr magnibh San utpatum alit adiam consectem quiscilit quat aliquamet velendr magnibh San utpatum alit adiam consectem quiscilit quat aliquamet velendr magnibh San utpatum alit adiam consectem quiscilit quat aliquamet velendr magnibh
IN A CRISIS OR
AN EMERGENCY
THERE ARE ALWAYS
THREE OPTIONS...
DO THE
‘RIGHT’
THING
DO THE
‘WRONG’
THING
OR, WORST
OF ALL... DO
NOTHING
Design that moves
others comes from
issues that move you.
Jennifer Moria, Moria Design
On the smallest
level, creativity can
alter moods. On
the grandest level,
it can change lives.
Steffanie Lorig, Lorig Design