by Carlos Alvarez | Jan 31, 2019 | Thought pieces
The potential of the future Strategy 2030 consultations highlight the challenges and opportunities that an extremely rapidly changing world poses for the Movement. In addition to the likelihood of more regular, complex, protracted and severe humanitarian crises,...
by Carlos Alvarez | Jan 29, 2019 | Thought pieces
There is a plethora of reports, articles and think pieces making the case that the humanitarian system is failing and needs to make changes [Voices to Choices – IARAN, Civil Society Futures – PACT, World Disaster Report – IFRC]. The Red Cross Movement (RCM) being the...
by Carlos Alvarez | Jan 24, 2019 | Volunteering voices
Change is a constant factor. Volunteering is not an exception. There is a growing consensus that the way people engage in volunteering has changed and will continue to evolve. Initially, volunteering was majorly cause-driven but it is shifting to reward-driven...
by Carlos Alvarez | Jan 21, 2019 | Thought pieces
Mental health is an integral part of health and well-being and a fundamental human right for all people. The inclusion of mental health in the Sustainable Development Agenda signifies that there can be no sustainable development without mental health: good mental...
by Carlos Alvarez | Jan 20, 2019 | Volunteering voices
We all know we live in a world full of problems: from inequality, to lack of access to health, starvation, violence, gender and ethnical discrimination and immigration flows, just to mention a few. In Brazil, due to its continental size, these problems are present...
