In a world often filled with heartache, there are moments of pure humanity that shine through in times of disaster and emergency, moments that remind us of the power of humanity, solidarity, unity and hope. It’s World Red Cross Red present day, a time to recognize and celebrate the power of the movement as the world’s emergency responders. And we want to hear from some of our incredible colleagues across the world who put that power of humanity into action every single day. So team, over to you. What moments of humanity have inspired you recently? It’s.
Incredibly hard to pick one moment of humanity. Here in MENA, we’ve had a lot of disasters during the past few months. But if I had to choose a moment, I would in fact choose a response that would be the Palestine Red Crescent response in Mahasa and the West Bank. Their staff and volunteers, they’ve been working nonstop since October last year to help people, to save people. And they’ve been doing it under immense psychological pressure. They’ve lost their homes, they’ve lost family members, they’ve lost colleagues. They’ve had to bury their own colleagues. And to be working under these conditions is extremely hard on a person. So I cannot think of anything more noble than that.
A moment that stood out for me was last year during my deployment to Site Chris to support people evacuated from the conflict in Sudan. We were there to provide psyche social support and heard some harrowing stories of people who have been forced to flee with any small amount of possessions. Some have been robbed on the way to the airport and only had the clothes they were in. Many children had no trees or games.
We met the Cypriot Red Cross. He provided food, water, blankets, baby and hygiene items and tweets, today is arriving from Sudan. People were so happy and grateful to receive these items and it was wonderful to see how similar another Red Cross society provides items to people in an emergency. This to me highlighted the amazingness of our international movement as these people who had suffered so much were able to be looked after by different national societies along the way.
For us, it’s our ongoing response to the wildfires that devastated Hawaii nine months ago. We worked closely with the community and partners to help hundreds of thousands of people in their recovery, providing financial support, grant funding, temporary housing solutions and so much more. This work couldn’t be done without our volunteers, donors, partners and supporters. That is a powerful humanity at work.
The moments that have stood out for me as a volunteer with the Jamaica Red Cross, most recently the COVID 19 in response. And we were one of the few people who were involved at the community level providing support during that time. Volunteers provided water. Some of us participated in providing transportation to tick persons to vaccine centers, and I participated in one of those, and the people were really delighted that we were providing that kind of support for them. We also provided hygiene kits, which was really needed at that time. We were very proud to know that we could provide that kind of humanitarian support.
It shows how important the Red Cross is, not only in Jamaica, but worldwide as our seven principal focuses on universality. Today, I wanna share a recent story. This photo have captured the tension of dozens of people. That’s all it. Hannah is completely blind. Voldemer cannot walk without being insisted. These stories inspire us, give us hope and show the true spirit of the Ukrainian nation. The Ukrainian Red Cross Society working, testing to reduce the suffering and to assist people in the greatness.
But the Red Cross means to me is that no matter where you are in the world, you always find a Red Cross family that you can bond with and you all are part of the same movement in the same family.
When the massive earthquakes happened last year, it filled my heart with pride and joy seeing more than four see national societies from across the globe in their Red Cross and red present best rushing to work hand in hand with the Turkish rep presence in the field, embodying movement solidarity in all its forms. So thank you for keeping humanity alive. Thank you very much.
Every act of kindness, big or small, has the power to change lives. By supporting the Red Cross Red Crescent movement, you’re not just helping individuals in need, but you’re shaping a brighter future for communities across the globe. We’re here for humanity, here for people in crisis, no matter who or where they are. And you can be part of this, too, by supporting whatever way you can, whether through volunteering, donating, sharing this video, or simply spreading kindness in your local community. We can’t do this work without you.
So in the spirit of World Crossword present day, we want to know what moments of humanity have inspired you recently, whether they’re simple acts of kindness, compassion or solidarity. Jump on the hashtag moments of humanity to share.