Raqibul Alam

🚑 Strengthening lifesaving care in 🇧🇩 @BDRCS1, with @IFRC_DREF support, hands over critical medical supplies to MoHFW: ✅ 100K normal saline ✅ 27 nebulizers ✅ 27 oxygen flow meters ✅ 11 paediatric ventilators Supporting 14 public hospitals to protect children & save lives.

Our Humanitarian Aid Deputy Director-General @HansDasEU visited 🇪🇺-supported measles prevention activities in Bangladesh run by @ifrc and the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society. Vaccination, community outreach & emergency care are helping protect vulnerable children and families. 🇧🇩

“Extreme heat” in South Asia is becoming a regular reality. New findings from @WWAttribution show climate change is making deadly pre-monsoon heatwaves longer, hotter, and more frequent for hundreds of millions across the region. This is what climate injustice looks like: those contributing least to emissions are often the most exposed to the risks. Heat resilience must now be treated as a humanitarian and public health priority. @RCClimate worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change…

#WorldRedCrossRedCrescent Day - voices from the field. Meet Mohammad Yasin, a Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (@BDRCS1) volunteer in Cox's Bazar displacement camp for Rohingya people. We honour our volunteers. ❤️

United In Humanity. No matter where. No matter when. On today's World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, on behalf of the @IFRC, I would like to honour the millions of volunteers and staff who show up every day for people in crisis, standing on the frontlines of emergencies that affect them too. In an increasingly complex and polarized world, in a world marked by division and dehumanization, humanity is our common ground. It is what turns compassion into action. Today, we also remember and pay tribute to those who have lost their lives in service of others. For more than 160 years, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has stood alongside communities before, during and after crises, locally and globally. Let us all remain #UnitedInHumanity.

Driven by humanity, @BDRCS1 volunteers working tirelessly to bridge communities and healthcare, build trust, stand with the vaccination teams, guiding families and keeping the process smooth and welcoming in this nationwide special measles rubella vaccination campaign. 💉🇧🇩

Local action is the backbone of humanitarian response. The newly launched IFRC-DREF Strategic Ambition 2026–2030 reaffirms our commitment to @IFRC_DREF mandate: supporting fast, predictable, transparent and accountable locally led responses to small- and medium-sized disasters. At the heart of this ambition is a clear goal: to grow IFRC-DREF into a CHF 200 million replenishable, revolving pooled fund by 2030, aiming to reach 50 million people. As funding shrinks and crises grow more complex, National Societies remain the first and last line of defense for communities in need. Their role has never been more critical. Learn more. 👉 ifrc.org/document/ifrc-…

⚠️ Mis- and disinformation is emerging as the world’s most underprepared risk. 🌐 The UN Global Risks Report shows rising vulnerabilities across 3 clusters: 🟩 Environmental 🟥 Societal 🟨 Technological Stronger cooperation can boost shared resilience. ➡️ ow.ly/iNe750XGrLp

Ms. Shama Obaed Islam, MP, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh received Mr. Alberto Bocanegra, Head of Delegation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. The State Minister expressed appreciation for the long-standing partnership between Bangladesh and the IFRC, recalling its invaluable humanitarian support since the Liberation War of 1971. She commended IFRC’s prompt response to natural catastrophes, the COVID-19 pandemic and its initiatives in community-based disaster management. She emphasized the importance of harnessing youth volunteerism in disaster preparedness, particularly in early cyclone warning systems and community evacuation efforts. The State Minister also thanked IFRC and the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) for their continued contributions to the Rohingya humanitarian response, including healthcare delivery and the provision of safe drinking water in Cox’s Bazar. She encouraged IFRC to explore suitable humanitarian engagement modalities in Bhasan Char to further enhance assistance efforts. Mr. Bocanegra reaffirmed IFRC’s commitment to deepening collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh to strengthen effective humanitarian action. He expressed his interest in working with the Government of Bangladesh to support ongoing efforts to contain and respond to the measles outbreak. He also conveyed IFRC’s readiness to assist the Government in scaling up capacity-building initiatives, enhancing disaster response mechanisms and advancing community resilience programmes in Bangladesh.

Deeply concerned by reports that another Iranian Red Crescent @Iranian_RCS ambulance was hit while responding to an emergency on 5 April. Thankfully, no one was injured, but the vehicle was completely destroyed. Since the escalation of hostilities, several Red Crescent ambulances have been damaged, and four volunteers have lost their lives while saving others - in just five weeks of conflict. Any attack on health workers, ambulances, or medical facilities is unacceptable. The Red Crescent emblem is an internationally recognized and protected symbol of neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian assistance. We have called for the protection of humanitarian personnel and facilities before. We are calling again. Humanitarian facilities must be protected.

A good example of how local action, backed by trusted partnerships, can strengthen the national health system. 🇧🇩 #CommunitySurveillance #CBSinAction #EarlyDetection #LocalSolutions

The global water crisis affects everyone, but not equally. Where people lack the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, inequalities flourish, with women and girls bearing the brunt. This World Water Day, it’s time to centre women and girls in water solutions. Because where water flows, equality grows. The IFRC joins the call to invest in women’s leadership to make water a force for a healthier, more prosperous, gender-equal future that will benefit us all. We must act now to secure health for everyone.

Misinformation costs lives. Beyond climate shocks and conflict, misinformation and dehumanizing narratives are eroding trust, endangering humanitarian volunteers, and obstructing life-saving aid. Alexander Matheou (@AJMatheou) @IFRC Regional Director for Asia-Pacific speaks to @Bernama: youtu.be/x1iD2eP17U8 Read IFRC's World Disaster Report here👉ifrc.org/document/world…

The World Disasters Report 2026 by @ifrc is out now. Highlighting why trusted information is essential for humanitarian response. From Bangladesh, IFRC Head of Delegation Alberto Bocanegra shares why community trust matters in times of crisis. Read the report here: ifrc.org/document/world…

In an increasingly difficult environment, with growing needs and shrinking resources, the way in which humanitarian work is carried out is changing. However, the @IFRC network remains as committed as ever to providing humanitarian services that save and change lives. The following illustrates the core aspects of the IFRC’s work that will remain constant. The full Global Plan 2026 is now available on the @IFRC website 👉bit.ly/3LKNx4f

A Korail fire survivor shares what it meant to receive support from @BDRCS1, @ifrc and Red Cross Red Crescent partners which helped restore dignity amid devastation, when everything was lost. Local action + global solidarity matters. Dhaka 🇧🇩 📹 @IslamShameul 👏🏼

Local volunteers, timely action, and a nationwide effort led by @BDRCS1, supported by @ifrc and partners - ensuring warmth reaches those who need it most when cold wave gripping large parts of Bangladesh.

📍Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. 12-year-old Mohammad Ullah dreams of becoming a pilot. “If I can’t study, I won’t be able to fulfill my dream.” ✈️ Hear him sing his motivational song below 👇 @IFRC, Bangladesh Red Crescent (@BDRCS1), and partners continue supporting displaced Rohingya communities with access to education, protection, and skills for a better future. Help us help them: ifrc.org/emergency/bang…

One life lost is too many. As 2025 comes to a close, we remember the 27 colleagues we lost this year from our @IFRC network in the line of duty. They were mothers, fathers, siblings, colleagues, friends, people who dedicated their lives to saving others. Most were national staff. Local humanitarians are the first to respond in any crisis, yet they are also the ones who bear the overwhelming brunt of violence and loss. The Red Vest marked with our emblems is meant to protect our staff and volunteers, not become their death shroud. Every humanitarian killed is a lifeline cut. When they are attacked, entire communities lose access to care and hope. This is unacceptable. It is unbearable. And it must change in 2026. For the sake of humanity. Impunity in any place breeds impunity in every place. #ProtectHumanity

#CoxsBazar Camps were facing risks from #FireiIncidents & extreme weather events due to fragile shelters. In response, @BDRCS1 with @ifrc support, introduced #TemporarySaferShelter (TSS)—cost-effective, climate-resilient & 🇧🇩govt-approved. #Safety #Dignity #HumanitarianAction