Active Engagement in the Spring Hygienic Campaign March and April are the months for the spring hygienic campaign in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). During the campaign, mass movement to improve the environment in a cultural and hygienic way is undertaken along with the work to fully remove the winter traces. RC volunteers across the country together with community p ...
Spring Tree-Planting is Brisk In cooperation with the local land management bodies, the Red Cross branches at all levels have drawn up the tree-planting plans on the basis of climate and soil conditions. RC volunteers and youth members were involved in various activities including maintenance of roads and rivers and planting good species of trees on mountains around villages on the occasion of ...
Role of Trees in Climate Change Mitigation Trees play a positive role in mitigation of climate change by absorbing methane in the air. According to research results, trees can absorb up to 10% of methane in the air. Researches also indicate that rain forests and broadleaf trees in the temperate zones and tropical forests can absorb more methane than needle-leaf trees in the northern zone. ...
Red Cross Youth Members Active in Hygiene Promotion The Red Cross (RC) youth members are actively engaged in the hygiene promotion to prevent the seasonal respiratory diseases like influenza. Guided by the household doctors, the RC youth members are carrying out an active hygiene promotion in various forms and methods including verbal dissemination, distribution of health information leaflet ...
For Promotion of People’s Health In close cooperation with the local health workers, Red Cross volunteers throughout the country are actively conducting hygiene promotion and health screening among people to prevent the respiratory diseases including influenza. Given the widespread of various respiratory diseases in neighboring countries and other parts of the world, they put a lot of ...