Palestine Red Crescent Society

Feature Stories

Psychological First Aid: Offering Hope Through a Scientific Approach

By: Radwa Al Helou Psychological First Aid (PFA) is a multi-skill approach which enables individuals to help fellow human beings by providing them with...

Exchange Visits: A Key Tool within the Community-based Health Program

By: Radwa Hilou PRCS’ Community-based Health Program is one of the main programs implemented by the Primary Health Care (PHC) Department. It aims...

Diaries of an EMT: A Race Against Time and Death

By: Mohanad Adam Ramallah- As soon as PRCS’ emergency medical technician (EMT) Ra’ed Al Hotari (30) received the dispatch order over his two-way...

PRCS’ Operations Rooms: Beehives Working Around the Clock

By: Ali Obeidat PRCS’ Operations Rooms (ORs) work non-stop, dispatching medical and relief teams as well as documenting Israeli attacks and Palestinian...

Life will never be the same for children wounded during Gaza’s latest conflict

By Hanne Sorine Sorensen, IFRC More than 500 children were killed during the latest round of violence in the Gaza Strip, but the Palestine Red Crescent...

Palestine Red Crescent working on reducing risks for vulnerable people in the North Jordan Valley

By Hanne Sorine Sorensen, IFRC In order to reduce the risk of disasters in the North Jordan Valley in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt),...

“Red Crescenters” in Al Yarmouk Refugee Camp Fight to Save Lives Under a Hail of Bullets

(Al Yarmouk refugee camp, April 8th 2015): For the eighth consecutive day, PRCS teams in Al Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in Damascus toiled to...

PRCS Home Enrichment Program at the Service of Cerebral Palsy Patients and Families

By: Raed El Nims Families of children with cerebral palsy in the Gaza Strip often feel helpless at being unable to provide the appropriate care...

Rawan Al Najjar: A New Beginning Filled With Hope

By: Ra’ed Al Nims It will be a long time before Rawan Al Najjar (10) forgets what happened on that horrendous day during the Israeli military incursion...

Gaza: discovering the work of the Red Crescent and the power of a shared passion

By Tommaso Della Longa – IFRC It could easily seem a paradise. If you look at Gaza through beautiful beaches, palms, sea shore, you really feel...

« I Want My Doll»

By : Raed Al Nims I approached her with my camera. All I wanted was to take a picture of her. But she cried and ran away quickly,...

A Mother and Her Four Children Saved At the Last Minute by PRCS

By: Ra’ed El Nims Rida Abou Assi (24) is a widow and head of a poverty-stricken family. When her husband passed away two years ago, she...