Caritas on the earthquake in Nepal: What counts now is quick help shortly before the onset of winter

2023-11-04 15:25:34 Caritas Austria has been supporting people in the region with projects on food security and disaster resilience since 2011. Every donation helps! Vienna (OTS) – A severe earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 hit the rural provinces of Karnali and Rukum on the night of November 3rd – and has already left around … Read more

Sleep Deprivation: The Impact on Health and Well-being

2023-10-27 21:10:00 News. Society 00:10, 28 October 2023 photo: © iStockphoto The doctor spoke about health problems that will inevitably occur if a person sleeps little. If you don’t sleep enough or your sleep is constantly interrupted, you won’t be able to fully rest during the night. It’s difficult to concentrate and work the next … Read more

Nationwide Red Cross exercise “UHUdler” a complete success

2023-10-28 12:46:09 Red Cross teams from all over Austria practiced various danger and damage situations in 15 scenarios Heiligenkreuz in Lafnitztal (OTS) – Photos: https://we.tl/t-H0BH80mCL4 A mass panic after a lightning strike, a canoe accident, an accident with acetic acid, the collision of two aircraft and much more: the scenarios of the Red Cross federal … Read more

Israeli hostages: Photos of installation with empty Shabbat table at Judenplatz in Vienna | JöH

2023-10-27 14:54:29 BRING THEM HOME NOW campaign also in Austria. Empty Shabbat table for 229 hostages in downtown Vienna. Vienna (OTS) – (Photos in the link at the end of the text) On Friday, October 27th, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., a Shabbat table will be set up for the 229 hostages in downtown … Read more

Red Cross after the destruction of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza: Saving human lives must remain possible!

2023-10-18 07:48:33 Red Cross President Gerald Creator calls for compliance with international humanitarian law: “Civilian populations and emergency services must be protected.” Vienna (OTS) – On Tuesday evening there were air strikes at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, killing hundreds of people. The hospital was badly damaged and survivors of the attack were admitted … Read more

Dramatic escalation of the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. The Armenians in the shadow of the genocide.

2023-09-21 00:05:19 Despite all peace efforts in recent years and months, the conflict between the Armenian-inhabited Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan has continued to intensify. After a hunger blockade by Azerbaijan that lasted more than 9 months and affected 120,000 people in the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (formerly the “autonomous region”), which is predominantly inhabited by … Read more