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Flood: Nigerian Red Cross targets ten thousand people The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) has targeted about ten thousand (10, 000) people affected by the flood currently ravaging parts of the country.       Read the Full Story
providing lifesaving assistance to people affected by flood Page 1 of 2The weather is now warmer in Udagba, in Edo State, Nigeria. Life appears to have returned to normal, but the scars left by raging waters during the months of August and September are still raw. Most people have returned to what remains of their homes after having stayed for several weeks in cramped camps or schools.
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Food insecurity looms in many communities affected by devastating floods   Three months after devastating floods swept through Nigeria, the initial shock has passed. However, reality is now settling in for thousands of people fighting to rebuild their lives.       Read the Full Story
Urgent needs continue two months after Nigeria’s worst flooding in 40 years The scars left by devastating flooding in Nigeria are still raw in many communities. Floodwaters have receded but now a new disaster is unfolding. The few who are returning to their villages have found them smashed by the force of the water. Most look like phantom villages – homes reduced to piles of stones, wood and zinc sheeting. Read the Full Story
How we work

What we do

WHAT WE DO

Disaster Preparedness and Response through Nigerian Red Cross Society's network of Branches and divisions all over the country, allowing an early warnings of impending disasters, and through its trained Emergency First Aid Teams (EFATs) on the spot, the Nigerian Red Cross Society has the capacity to respond in timely and appropriate manner to the needs of disaster victims.

Community Based Health Programmes

  • HIV/AIDS
  • Health Education
  • Mothers Club (Child and Maternal Health)
  • First Aid
  • Prison Sanitation
  • Motherless and Abandoned Babies Homes
  • Blood donor recruitment services
  • Water and Sanitation (WatSan), etc.

Restoring Family Links (RFL): Restoring family links is a term that covers a wide range of activities that are designed to alleviate the pain of separation caused by conflict; natural hazards induced disasters and migration.

The Nigerian Red Cross Society’s RFL unit does this through the following:

  • · Organizing the exchange of family news
  • · Tracing individuals
  • · Registration of unaccompanied minors and separated children during emergencies
  • · Reuniting and repatriating families where feasible

For assistance call: +2348027106905; +2348023273624

Youth Development: Training and engaging youth in positive skill acquisition and behavioural change programmes. By emphasizing these values it brings about positive skills and attitudinal change, hence promoting and sustaining individuals, community and national development.

Alternative to Violence: Is a programme aimed at reducing violence within the community. It is comprised of a series of 3-day experiential interactive workshop, which principally target the youth.