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Storytelling LAB
stories produced entirely by Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers
stories produced entirely by Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers
Storytelling
Toolkit
Do you want to learn more about storytelling or train your Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers to
become storytellers?
For this volunteer in Honduras, giving freely of her time and passion offers a chance to teach and learn.
In Honduran communities at high risk of disasters, a Red Cross project helps families strengthen resilience and increase income through enterprises such as coffee production.
Honduran Red Cross volunteers receive specialized support to cope with the emotional stress of responding to large-scale emergencies.
The ever-present pull of migration has left communities in and around Quetzaltenango, Guatemala almost empty as adults, children and teenagers embark on a risky journey towards a better future.
In Trojes, one of the main crossing points along the migration route in Honduras, Red Cross volunteers offer a safe space where they provide critical services.
Given the high number of accidents on the northern CA-9 highway, the presence of the Guatemalan Red Cross has been a relief for the community of Santo Tomás de Castilla.
Through small, sustainable enterprises, the Honduran Red Cross helps families in the department of Santa Barbara to reduce risks of disasters and adapt to climate change.
Nearly a year after the arrival of Hurricane Celia in Chiquimula, Guatemala, residents of the affected communities acknowledge the help of Guatemalan Red Cross volunteers who respond to rising floods within hours.
A Honduran Red Cross project in Marcala is creating a source of sustainable income that supports small, local coffee producers.
Community Innovators with the Uganda Red Cross hope to make a big difference in young peoples’ lives with small, green enterprises
From Ebola to disasters, the Ugandan Red Cross is used to responding to a wide range of crises. In western Uganda, for example, the Red Cross has been helping a growing number of people displaced by catastrophic yearly mudslides and floods.
The constant threat of flooding and river erosion in Rangpur pushes families to their limits, even as they recover from previous disasters.
Some students choose sports, others prefer theatre. But this group of teens preferred to train in first aid to help anyone who might need it at school
The leadership of Deepali and Sardar Jashim helped many families protect themselves against Covid-19.
Volunteers take the initiative to help their community learn and prepare for cyclones.
The risk of flooding in Rangpur, Bangladesh represents a big challenge for people’s lives in small-scale fishing communities. Even after the destruction from the monsoon season of 2019, people are still striving to rebuild their livelihoods from scratch.
How Shimul Datta was able to set up a successful business in Kishoreganj’s local market despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Covid-19 pandemic left Rupali scraping for sources of income to provide for her family, but she managed to transform a small cash grant into a flourishing family business.
How women’s empowerment, cash programs, and resilience training are helping families in the coastal region of Bangladesh to prepare and rebuild their lives in the face of recurrent storms and floods.
In a small peach-coloured house located in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, the Centre for Medico-Social Assistance provides patients with serious illnesses palliative care and the best possible chance to enjoy life.
How a man with a vision and a group of like-minded parents work together to give children with disabilities their best shot at a full, happy life
Red Crescent Society of Kyrgyzstan volunteer rides door-to-door to help TB patients recover and to stop a deadly disease
Red Crescent Society of Kyrgyzstan sewing courses provide women like Bazargul a lifeline in tough times, made worse by the socioeconomic impacts of Covid-19
Conflict forced Walid from his home. Now he helps others living through the same situation.
War in Yemen has not dampened teacher Abdullah Yahya’s passion for educating the next generation
Another day of doing the impossible at the Republican Hospital in Saada
Souad finds a new path after losing everything.
At only 12 years old, Seham has a very important job — on which her whole family depends.
Actor’s new role brings laughter, smiles and messages about health and safety to children living through the tragedy of war.
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