PNG, 8 May 2021 – Today, we are celebrating World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, a day dedicated to recognising the impact of Red Cross staff and volunteers. This year the International Red Cross and ...

Papua New Guinea officials have sealed off the area around a Chinese-owned nickel plant in the north of the country after the leakage of potentially toxic slurry that has turned the ocean red.

Papua New Guinea has declared a state of emergency across ... around 670,000 people live within 62 miles of the epicentre according to Red Cross. Most of the other confirmed fatalities were ...

New Zealand Red Cross humanitarian aid flies into flood affected Papua New Guinea Essential humanitarian aid supplies from New Zealand Red Cross will be flown into flood affected Papua New Guinea ...

"Urgent efforts and further support are needed in healthcare to prevent a massive loss of life in the coming days and weeks," Uvenama Rova, PNG Red Cross secretary general, said in a statement.

Red Cross staff and volunteers have been actively engaged in providing aid and assistance to mitigate the worst of these threats, which frequently afflict the most vulnerable in society. PNG Red Cross ...