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# News

Latest news from the Vanuatu Red Cross.

Stay up to date with the latest news, disaster relief and our humanitarian assistance efforts from the Vanuatu Red Cross.

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- [![Vital Relief Supplies allocated ahead of Cyclone Season](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ygpvb574/production/6291cbe4d3ca23398690187028473b1651f26f11-2500x1667.webp?w=1600&q=80&fit=crop&auto=format)**Disaster Response**04 / Dec / 2025<h2>Vital Relief Supplies allocated ahead of Cyclone Season</h2>

  Vanuatu Red Cross is sending locally sourced and life-saving relief supplies to islands across Vanuatu to help communities best prepare for the cyclone season.

  Read Article](https://www.redcross.org.vu/news/vital-relief-supplies-allocated-ahead-of-cyclone-season)
- [![Red Cross Disaster Response Locations](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ygpvb574/production/a1eb3c3b460ade5aacbb5ed71c5e34d8e5e766f8-1414x2000.heif?w=1600&q=80&fit=crop&rect=9,0,1405,2000&fp-x=0.48607747375103494&fp-y=0.06346951818759916&auto=format)**Disaster Response**03 / Apr / 2023<h2>VRCS TC Judy & TC Kevin Response: March 2023</h2>

  Between 1 and 5 March 2023, the Vanuatu islands were hit by two (2) consecutive Category 4 Tropical Cyclones: Judy & Kevin.

  Read Article](https://www.redcross.org.vu/news/vrcs-tc-judy-and-tc-kevin-response-march-2023)
- [![Distributing relief items from Vanuatu Red Cross](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ygpvb574/production/9165437d676288d2c6cc4401292f7b4648185ef6-825x464.webp?w=1600&q=80&fit=crop&auto=format)**Disaster Response**31 / Mar / 2023<h2>Vanuatu: One month on since double cyclones, rising cases of Leptospirosis a concern</h2>

  PRESS RELEASE: There are grave concerns over the increase in Leptospirosis cases, a bacterial disease, one month on from the double category 4 cyclones in Vanuatu.

  Read Article](https://www.redcross.org.vu/news/vanuatu-one-month-on-since-double-cyclones-rising-cases-of-leptospirosis-a-concern)
- [![Vanuatu Red Cross volunteers Jeff and Hilda conduct damage](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ygpvb574/production/e50486b9d722da56412a11aca06886bd33b7790a-825x464.webp?w=1600&q=80&fit=crop&auto=format)**Disaster Response**22 / Mar / 2023<h2>Vanuatu: Urgent need for shelter and clean drinking water after double cyclones</h2>

  PRESS RELEASE: There is an urgent need for shelter and clean drinking water as hundreds of thousands of people have been affected by back-to-back cyclones in communities across Vanuatu.

  Read Article](https://www.redcross.org.vu/news/vanuatu-urgent-need-for-shelter-and-clean-drinking-water-after-double-cyclones)
- [![8 tips for new year](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ygpvb574/production/b9645191ab3ae59ad1a12d68da9aed1a7009de8d-1080x1080.webp?w=1600&q=80&fit=crop&auto=format)**General**09 / Jan / 2023<h2>8 Tips to start this New Year 2023 right.</h2>

  Start 2023 right with these 8 tips to be healthy, safe and help your local community.

  Read Article](https://www.redcross.org.vu/news/8-tips-to-start-this-new-year-2023-right)
- [![VRCS NEW VOLUNTEER Participants of the SOFTWARE/COMPUTING TRAINING - Tafea Branch](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ygpvb574/production/660bf9d0c87a8df56833629df21fadc3a66b8778-1280x720.webp?w=1600&q=80&fit=crop&auto=format)**Training**08 / Dec / 2022<h2>VRCS new volunteer induction training - Tafea Branch</h2>

  With funding through the Australian Red Cross (ARC), the Vanuatu Red Cross Society (VRCS) conducted a day of induction training last week with the new Volunteers of Tafea Branch.

  Read Article](https://www.redcross.org.vu/news/vrcs-new-volunteer-induction-training-tafea-branch)
- [![VRCS NEW VOLUNTEER Participants of the SOFTWARE/COMPUTING TRAINING - Tafea Branch](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ygpvb574/production/660bf9d0c87a8df56833629df21fadc3a66b8778-1280x720.webp?w=1600&q=80&fit=crop&auto=format)**Training**08 / Dec / 2022<h2>VRCS new volunteer software/computing training - Tafea Branch</h2>

  Now are days, the world is going through a digital transformation. Thus, our New Volunteers who are recruited on board and existing volunteers need to adapt by building their capacity to meet the standard.

  Read Article](https://www.redcross.org.vu/news/vrcs-new-volunteer-software-computing-training-tafea-branch)
- [![Become a Red Ross volunteer](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ygpvb574/production/89cb129466bb9169c229a92ec4845ad04f50463e-1414x2000.webp?w=1600&q=80&fit=crop&auto=format)**General**08 / Dec / 2022<h2>Help the most vulnerable without discrimination</h2>

  Help the most vulnerable without discrimination by becoming a Red Cross volunteer.

  Read Article](https://www.redcross.org.vu/news/help-the-most-vulnerable-without-discrimination)
- [![Red Cross Finance Training](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ygpvb574/production/b26c5975bcd7de5ad9fbbab1c80c7c207d035553-2500x1875.webp?w=1600&q=80&fit=crop&auto=format)**Training**08 / Dec / 2022<h2>Financial Skills and Technical Training and Budget Holder / Coordinators on Budget Management</h2>

  Finance has played an important role in the National Society’s (NS) daily activities and administration work. It is seen as a core function of any NS in the movement.

  Read Article](https://www.redcross.org.vu/news/financial-skills-and-technical-training-and-budget-holder-coordinators-on-budget-management)

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