Months of Watersports July and August are months of watersports in the DPRK. During this period, a large number of people go to beaches to spend pleasant time enjoying various sporting activities such as swimming. In this period, Red Cross volunteers run first aid posts on the beaches in order to prevent casualties by sudden accidents, while disseminating among people the knowledge on how t ...
Responding to Disaster-prone Abnormal Weather As a subsidiary body to the Government, the Red Cross Society of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK RCS), is organizing various activities to support the government’s efforts to promptly and efficiently respond to all sorts of natural disasters and unexpected crisis caused by climate change. The branch staff and volunt ...
Preparation for Emergency Response Stepped Up For timely response to the natural disasters such as flood, drought, typhoon and all sorts of crisis, the Red Cross Society of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK RCS) revised its emergency response plan to align with the situation and needs. The DPRK RCS organized crisis response simulations of the disaster response teams at th ...
Proactive Emergency Preparedness The staff of the Red Cross Society of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK RCS) conducted field monitoring of the storage and maintenance of relief items and equipment stockpiled in the central and local warehouses. The staff from the Logistics Department and the branch office visited the warehouses in Pyongyang, Phyongsong and Hamhung citi ...
Preparedness for Emergency WASH Response The Red Cross Society of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK RCS) is enhancing preparedness for emergency water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) response to cope with the natural disasters that can occur during the rainy season this year. The DPRK RCS reconfirmed the list of trained volunteers who will be mobilized for emergency WA ...