Red Cross stories
Red Cross stories
Read our stories filled with humanity, resilience and the spirit of volunteering. They show how your support is helping vulnerable people in New Zealand and around the world.
9 November 2022
Helping remote Tongan communities learn life saving first aid
New Zealand Red Cross international delegate Lesley Jacobson has just returned to Aotearoa New Zealand after spending two weeks teaching community first aid to 16 local first aid trainers from four different islands.
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26 May 2022
International delegate returns from Ukraine
New Zealand Red Cross international delegate and security expert John Dyer has just returned from a five-week deployment to Ukraine. He was based in Western Ukraine where he saw a different view of the country to what many of us understand.
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27 April 2021
Helping connect people in disaster zones
It was supposed to be a one-off volunteer offer to help people in his local community. Little did Ewan Coldicott know that it was the start of his humanitarian journey which would bring him to different parts of the world.
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23 February 2021
Blog: From Aotearoa to Armenia, face-to-face with the unimaginable
In this blog, New Zealand Red Cross delegate Jessica Timings talks about her time in Armenia, helping the response to the needs of people fleeing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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9 March 2020
Paying it forward
Leina Isno, a registered nurse, believes the overwhelming humanitarian support that poured into Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam is what inspired her to become a New Zealand Red Cross international delegate.
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