Palestine Red Crescent Archives

Female Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Fighting COVID-19 in Tulkarem

by Yann Le Floch | Apr 28, 2020

Safiya Al Balbisi and Aziza Awad, PRCS EMTs, have been roaming the streets of Tulkarem in the Northern West Bank for the past 40 days, offering assistance in the context of COVID-19. Al Balbisi, a skillful ambulance driver, has spent the past 23 years working with...

Glimmer of Hope: Volunteer Amal Promotes Social Solidarity

by Yann Le Floch | Apr 28, 2020

Amal Fahmi Salem is from Bazzaria (Nablus Governorate) and has been volunteering with the Society’s branch in Anabta for over 15 years. Amal recently came up with an idea to promote social solidarity in her village where COVID-19 is creating difficult social and...

Volunteer Salma Al Barqawi: Awareness and a Strong Will Are Needed to Control the Spread of COVID-19

by Yann Le Floch | Apr 28, 2020

Salma Mahmoud Al Barqawi (50) has been volunteering with PRCS/Anabta for the past 17 years, and this fact fills her with pride. The years she has spent volunteering have shaped her personality, made her an active member of society and increased her awareness and...

Ten-Year-Old Mahmoud Celebrates Birthday as EMT Dad Fights Coronavirus

by Yann Le Floch | Apr 28, 2020

Jenin – For the first time in ten years, Mahmoud Al Ahmad (10) celebrated his birthday without his dad, Khaled, a PRCS emergency medical technician (EMT). Khaled (45), who is busy fighting the spread of COVID-19, has been away from home since March 5 and can...

In locked-down Gaza: PRCS Rehabilitation Programme Uses Social Media to Stay in Touch with Children

by Yann Le Floch | Apr 28, 2020

(Gaza – 21/4/2020): As soon as the lockdown was ordered in the Gaza Strip, the Society’s Rehabilitation Department created Facebook pages and WhatsApp groups targeting children, both with and without disabilities, as well as their parents, in order to monitor their...

Data and Digital Week

april, 2021