A competition like no other
Beautiful weather graced Beaudesert Park Campsite in Staffordshire last Saturday. The sun was shining and not a cloud hung in the deep blue sky. Sounds of laughter could be heard from the various...
View ArticleFirst aid with the Red Cross of Serbia
In a few days, five intrepid young British Red Cross volunteers will be boarding a plane bound for Belgrade, Serbia. Their mission? To take part in the Red Cross of Serbia’s first aid training camp....
View ArticleFloods in pictures: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The worst floods in more than a century have left thousands of people homeless and dozens dead in the Balkans. Three months’ rainfall fell in the space of a couple of days, forcing people from their...
View ArticlePicking up the pieces after the floods: ‘The river took everything from me’
Rabija Dedic could never have imagined that the pretty Starinska river in front of her house would burst into her life and turn it upside down in an instant. “I loved that river and it was that river...
View ArticleBalkan floods: families wait to return home
From the air, the north-east of Bosnia and Herzegovina resembles a vast lake with houses, roads and rail lines submerged. Two weeks ago, the Sava river, which forms a natural border with neighbouring...
View ArticleBalkan floods: mapping a disaster area with some help from NASA
As Red Cross workers continue to help people affected by flooding in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, a team at the British Red Cross is producing maps to support the relief effort. When disaster...
View ArticleStories from the refugees on Europe’s doorstep
The weather is turning but for refugees, there is no going back. Many people feel they have no choice but to brave the cold and make the treacherous journey to Europe. Most of the world’s refugees...
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