The Pan African Conference on Renewing Investment in Africa, organized by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), was a prestigious gathering of African National Societies focused on addressing issues and seizing opportunities across the African continent. It was held in Nairobi, Kenya, from September 16–19, 2023. The main objective...

Regional Managers of the Ghana Red Cross Society have been trained on disaster management to update their knowledge, capacity and skills on current trends on the disaster front and how they can improve the quality of their response activities in that regard. They were taken through an introduction to disaster preparedness, principles governing disaster preparedness, [...]

The Community Disaster Preparedness and Response Teams of the Ghana Red Cross Society have begun house-to-house education to sensitise communities along river banks in the Northern, North East and Savannah Regions. The education is tailored to encourage community members farming along river banks, especially the Black and White Volta rivers to move to higher grounds, [...]