The #Bago Region Red Cross Youth Committee organized a youth activity in Bago on 12 October at Nan Oo Shwe Zedi Monastic Education School. 📚❤️ Activities included donating books and school supplies, sharing knowledge about the Red Cross and Super El Niño, playing games to strengthen youth connections, and demonstrating personal hygiene practices. #MyanmarRedCross #RedCrossYouth #YouthEngagement #CommunityEngagement

🌡️ As extreme heat continues in Myanmar amid #ElNiño conditions, the Bago Region Red Cross Supervisory Committee distributed oral rehydration salts (ORS) to people seeking shelter from the heat at Pyidawthar Dhamma Hall in Yone Gyi Ward, Bago, on 13 October. 🚑 To ensure a timely response to heat-related emergencies, the committee has also made advance preparations, including Red Cross ambulances and oxygen cylinders. #MyanmarRedCross #HeatwaveAwareness #HeatHealth #HumanitarianAction

🧼💧 Global Handwashing Day 2026 Be a Handwashing Hero! Clean hands save lives! ❤️ Handwashing with soap and clean water helps prevent the spread of germs and protects you, your family and your community. Remember to wash your hands for at least 20 seconds before preparing food, before eating, after using the toilet, and whenever your hands are dirty. Let’s make handwashing a daily habit and become heroes for a healthier community! 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️ #GlobalHandwashingDay2026 #BeAHandwashingHero #Handwashing #MyanmarRedCross

🧼 Be a Handwashing Hero! 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️ As part of its Mandalay Earthquake Response and Recovery Operation in Southern Shan State, the #MyanmarRedCross conducted handwashing campaigns at schools in Shwe Wa Gyi and Zayat Gyi villages, Nyaungshwe Township. Through the campaign, students were encouraged to practise proper handwashing to stay healthy and prevent illness. 💧🫧 Clean hands, healthy lives! ❤️ #BeAHandwashingHero #Handwashing #PublicHealth #MyanmarRedCross

Living alone while raising her three sons in Sagaing, she is rebuilding her #Livelihood through duck farming with support from a #MyanmarRedCross livelihood cash #grant. 🦆 She plans to sell the ducks when they grow, reinvest in ducklings, and earn income from selling eggs. Since the earthquake, she has received MMK 50,000 in #CashAssistance, a #KitchenSet and #ShelterToolKits. She has also received livelihood #cash support of MMK 400,000 and MMK 1,050,000, with a third installment of MMK 450,000 expected to help her continue rebuilding her livelihood. ❤️

“I'm supporting a family of four, and I needed more canopies for my street business. With livelihood support from the #MyanmarRedCross, I can now sell more and earn an additional MMK 10,000–15,000 per day. If I receive the second installment, I plan to invest more in my business and grow my income further.” Livelihood support helps people strengthen their small businesses, increase their income and support their families. ❤️ #LivelihoodSupport #MyanmarRedCross #Resilience #earthquake

🌊 Following flooding in #Launglon Township, #Dawei District, Tanintharyi Region, the Myanmar Red Cross Society is conducting rapid needs assessments at temporary evacuation centres to identify urgent needs and support recovery when affected families return home. 💧 In Thawin Village, where access to safe drinking water was a challenge, the MRCS provided a #ROAM water #filter and practical training on its use. “Before, we had to go far to fetch water. Now, we can get it nearby. I’m so happy. The water tastes just like the water I drank when I was young,” shared a grateful villager. MRCS volunteers continue to support flood-affected communities through rescue and evacuation, first aid, relief distribution and psychosocial support. #MyanmarRedCross #FloodResponse #CleanWater #HumanitarianAction

💛 World Mental Health Day 2026: From Listening to Real Change Mental health care begins with listening, empathy and valuing the voices of people with lived experience. Let’s listen without judgment, include their voices in decisions, and work together to ensure everyone can access mental health support with dignity and without stigma. Small acts of respect can make a real difference. Together, let’s build a more caring and inclusive community. 🌿 #WorldMentalHealthDay2026 #MentalHealth #MyanmarRedCrossSociety #LivedExperience #RealChange

A Myanmar Red Cross volunteer donated A blood on 11 October to help save the life of a patient in need at Baho Si Hospital in Yangon. Every blood donation can help save a life. ❤️ #MyanmarRedCross #BloodDonation #EveryDropCounts

With support from the Norwegian Red Cross, the Myanmar Red Cross Society provided unconditional cash assistance to 434 affected households, reaching 1,832 people in #HpaAn and #Hlaingbwe Townships, #Kayin State, from 8–11 October 2026. A total of MMK 128.24 million was distributed, with local Red Cross volunteers and staff ensuring the assistance reached affected households directly. #MyanmarRedCross #CashAssistance #HumanitarianAid #NorwegianRedCross

As temperatures rise in Myanmar, #MyanmarRedCross #volunteers from #TadaU Township, #Mandalay Region, conducted a health awareness session in Blet Pa Village on 12 October to help community members understand and prevent potential health risks associated with hot weather. #MyanmarRedCross #HeatHealth #CommunityHealth

🌧️ Myanmar Red Cross Volunteers Deliver Relief Supplies to Flood-Affected Families in #Launglon Heavy rainfall caused by a strong tropical storm triggered flooding and landslides in villages across Launglon Township, Dawei District, Tanintharyi Region. Myanmar Red Cross volunteers from the Dawei Township Red Cross Branch delivered donor-contributed food, safe drinking water and essential household items directly to 168 flood-affected households to support their immediate needs. ❤️ #MyanmarRedCross #MRCS #FloodResponse #DisasterRelief #RedCrossVolunteers

❤️ Myanmar Red Cross Provides Mobile Primary Healthcare Services in Earthquake-Affected Communities From 21 to 26 September 2026, the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS), through its Health Department, conducted mobile primary healthcare services under the Mandalay Earthquake Response and Recovery Programme across Aungmyethazan, Sintgaing, Amarapura, Kyaukse, Patheingyi and Tada-U townships in Mandalay Region. Mobile clinics were provided at Shwe Hintha Monastery in Aungmyethazan, Thar Yin Su Ward in Sintgaing, Zarap Phyu Village in Kyaukse, Nanda North Village in Patheingyi and Zay Cho Village in Tada-U. A total of 409 people (117 men and 292 women) received healthcare services. Health education sessions also covered hypertension, diabetes and the importance of physical exercise. #MRCS #MyanmarRedCross #MobileHealthClinic #MandalayEarthquakeResponse #CommunityHealth

🌊 Myanmar Red Cross Conducts Rapid Needs Assessment for Flood-Affected Communities in #Launglon The Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) is conducting a #RapidNeedsAssessment in flood-affected villages in Launglon Township, Dawei District, Tanintharyi Region, including Thabyar, Kanyaw Kyun, Khaung Ni, Kadet Ngae Seik and Wedi villages. The assessment aims to identify immediate needs and plan appropriate humanitarian assistance, as well as support early recovery when affected families return to their homes. Alongside the assessment, MRCS is carrying out essential community support activities, including water availability checks and water quality testing, distribution of water purification tablets, Red Cross awareness sessions, sharing safety and risk awareness leaflets, Restoring Family Links (RFL) awareness sessions, and psychosocial support. ❤️ #MRCS #MyanmarRedCross #FloodResponse #HumanitarianAssistance #CommunitySupport

🛡️ Speak Up. Report Safely. Help Keep Everyone Safe. The Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) is committed to protecting the dignity, safety, equality and rights of everyone through its work on Protection, Gender and Inclusion (PGI). If you experience, witness, become aware of, or suspect any concerns related to sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment (PSEAH), child protection, inappropriate behaviour or other safeguarding issues involving MRCS activities, programmes or services, you can report them through the following channels: 📞 PSEAH / Safeguarding Hotline: 09 440 104 104 (Viber and Telegram) 📧 Email: [email protected] All reports will be handled in accordance with relevant procedures, with due consideration for safety, confidentiality and dignity. Don't stay silent. If you see something, speak up. Together, we can help create a safer and more respectful environment for everyone. ❤️ #MyanmarRedCrossSociety #MRCS #PGI #PSEAH #Safeguarding #ChildProtection #SafeReporting

❤️ Myanmar Red Cross Society and UNHCR Support Displaced Families in #Dawei From 25 to 30 September, the Myanmar Red Cross Society’s Restoring Family Links (#RFL) Department, in partnership with UNHCR, provided multipurpose cash assistance to eligible internally displaced households in Dawei, Tanintharyi Region, under the Southeast Myanmar Project. With support from UNHCR, each eligible household received MMK 275,000, reaching 250 households with a total of MMK 68,750,000. Myanmar Red Cross staff and local Red Cross volunteers delivered the cash assistance directly to the eligible households. #MyanmarRedCross #UNHCR #CashAssistance #HumanitarianAssistance #SupportingDisplacedFamilies

🚑 Myanmar Red Cross Volunteers Respond to Road Traffic Accident in Amarapura Following a road traffic accident on 2 October along the Sagaing–Mandalay Road in Amarapura Township, Mandalay Region, Myanmar Red Cross volunteers from the Amarapura Township Red Cross Branch provided first aid to the injured and assisted in transporting them to Mandalay General Hospital for further medical treatment. ❤️ #MyanmarRedCross #FirstAid #RoadSafety #RedCrossVolunteers

❤️ Myanmar Red Cross Volunteers Support #Prosthetic Limb Repairs in Kyaukkyi Trained Myanmar Red Cross volunteers are providing minor prosthetic limb repair services for people with disabilities who use prosthetic limbs in #Kyaukkyi Township, Bago Region. The service is available every Sunday from 8:00 AM to 12:00 noon at the Kyaukkyi Township Red Cross Branch Office, helping community members maintain their mobility and independence. #MyanmarRedCross #RedCrossVolunteers #Inclusion #CommunitySupport

🌊 Myanmar Red Cross Volunteers Assist Flood-Affected Communities in Tanintharyi A second round of flooding has affected Tanintharyi Township, Tanintharyi Region, due to rising river levels. In the early hours of 2 October, Myanmar Red Cross volunteers from the #Tanintharyi Township Red Cross Branch assisted households requiring evacuation and provided support to people in need. ❤️ Red Cross volunteers remain committed to helping communities affected by disasters. #MyanmarRedCross #FloodResponse #DisasterResponse #RedCrossVolunteers

🏆 2026 World First Aid Day Competition Winners Announced! The Myanmar Red Cross Society is pleased to announce the list of winners of the 2026 World First Aid Day competitions, including the essay writing, poetry writing, and first aid competitions. Congratulations to all the winners on their achievements! ❤️👏 #MyanmarRedCross #WorldFirstAidDay2026 #FirstAid #Congratulations