One month on from Cyclone Ditwa: How communities in Sri Lanka are coping and rebuilding
In this episode, we focus on Sri Lanka, one month after Cyclone Ditwa struck the island nation, triggering the worst flooding the country has seen in a decade. Torrential rains, landslides, and widesp...
8 Jan 10min
2025 in review: a year of unprecedented humanitarian challenges
In this episode, we’re taking a step back to look at a year of enormous change and challenge for the humanitarian sector. Needs continued to rise in almost every region, while funding became more stre...
29 Dec 202523min
Forgotten crises: Putting the spotlight on humanitarian crises that rarely make the news
In this episode, we’re turning the spotlight onto some of the humanitarian crises that rarely make the news - emergencies where needs are rising, funding is shrinking, and attention is scarce. These a...
23 Dec 202520min
Volunteers play critical role in stopping 16th Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo
In this episode, we turn our attention to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (or DRC), where earlier this month the Ministry of Health officially declared the country’s 16th Ebola outbreak over.The ...
18 Dec 202511min
When rescue runs out of resources: The end of IFRC’s Ocean Viking mission
In this episode, we look at the humanitarian situation in the central Mediterranean following the IFRC’s decision to close its service point on board the Ocean Viking and end its partnership with SOS ...
9 Dec 20258min
Rising waters, rising needs: Inside the Red Cross response to catastrophic floods across Asia
In this episode, we look at the severe floods and landslides that have swept across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam, affecting millions of people and destroying homes, livelihoods, and cri...
2 Dec 202513min
Protecting children amid crisis: Inside the Middle East vaccination drive with IFRC teams
In this episode, we look at a major vaccination drive now underway across Gaza and Lebanon, where IFRC and Red Cross and Red Crescent teams are working to reach children who have missed routine immuni...
26 Nov 202518min
Rising climate risks and the voices shaping solutions: IFRC at COP 30 in Belem
In this episode, we turn our attention to COP 30 - the United Nations climate conference taking place this year in Belem, Brazil. As world leaders, scientists, humanitarians and activists gather to ne...
20 Nov 20258min
