Charles Businge

Africa Regional Director at International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (@IFRCAfrica)

[Charles Businge @CharlesBusinge1]

Millions have been displaced by the conflict in Sudan.

This film sheds light on life in the Atbara IDP Camp and the urgent need for continued humanitarian support and international solidarity.
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Heat Action Day bring communities together worldwide to tackle the growing threat of extreme heat. This year's theme, indoor heat, puts the spotlight on the health risks people face inside their homes, schools, workplaces, and care facilities.

As the organization that created Heat Action Day, the @IFRC each year encourages people to take concrete action to prevent heat related illness and death.

Here are some life-saving tips to protect yourself and others from indoor heat. #BeatTheHeat

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RT @IFRCAfrica: Today is #HeatActionDay.

Across Sudan, extreme heat is placing additional pressure on communities already facing difficult…

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🟥Every conversation can save a life!
Along the shores of Lake Albert, in Ntoroko District, Uganda Red Cross Society, volunteers are engaging communities and travelers with vital health messages on Ebola Prevention.

↪️The volunteers are focussing on
🛑🦠 Ebola Prevention
🧼 Promoting proper hand hygiene
📢 Sharing verified and trusted health information
🚶‍♂️ Engaging travelers and local communities
💬📲 Encouraging early reporting of symptoms

💡 As Uganda responds to the Ebola outbreak, community awareness remains one of the strongest defenses against further spread.

❤️‍🩹 Together, small actions protect entire communities.
Stay informed. Stay alert. Stay safe.

#EbolaResponseUG2026
#CommunityEngagement #RiskCommunication
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Scaling up response means moving closer to where needs are greatest.

Today, @IFRC and @Croix_Rouge_RDC surge teams travelled from Bunia to Mongbwalu, at the centre of the evolving #Ebola outbreak in Ituri, to strengthen readiness, coordination, and scale up community-based response efforts.

With @ICRC complementarity, teams are reinforcing surveillance, community engagement, trusted information, and safe and dignified burials to help contain transmission from the earliest stages.

In complex environments, effective response depends on acting early, staying close to communities, and working coherently across the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

#DRC #Ebola #RedCross #Trust

[IFRC Africa @IFRCAfrica]

Heatwaves can be deadly.

On this #HeatActionDay, we celebrate the incredible work of Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers across Africa who are raising awareness and sharing simple ways to #BeatTheHeat.

In Burkina Faso, between April and May, as temperatures rose, @CroixRougeBF reached over 40,000 people in five major towns with life-saving heat safety information, including elderly people and pregnant women.

In coordination with the Ministry of Health, more than 700 people were also referred to health facilities — helping protect those most at risk.

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On #HeatActionDay, we are reminded that access to safe drinking water is essential for communities facing rising temperatures and drought.

The Somali Red Crescent Society, with support from the @IFRC Emergency Appeal and the local community, has upgraded the Shilin Xarare borehole in Jariban district, improving reliable water access for over 3,000 households and their livestock.

This is heat action in practice: helping communities stay safer, healthier and more resilient.

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The IFRC and @RedcrossSa today convened diplomatic partners and key stakeholders for a Diplomatic Breakfast in Pretoria, South Africa, under the Global Climate Resilience Platform.

This engagement aims to advance collaboration, investment and collective action for climate resilience across Southern Africa.

As climate-related disasters continue to intensify — stronger partnerships between humanitarian actors, governments and the private sector are critical to strengthening preparedness, protecting vulnerable communities and building long-term resilience.

#GlobalClimateResilience #InvestingInResilience

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Six months into the Emergency Appeal, needs remain critical for millions in Puntland and Somaliland.

With @IFRC support, the Somali Red Crescent Society is helping communities access essential services, including safe water, health support and livelihood assistance.

Sustained support is vital to scale up the response and help families recover with dignity.

Learn more and support the appeal: https://t.co/p3Hs82uZWv

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The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is escalating, with cases spreading across provinces and into neighbouring Uganda.
The @IFRC_DREF has already mobilized CHF 2 million to support the Red Cross of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in responding to the outbreak.
In Uganda, where a Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease outbreak has been confirmed, an additional CHF 521,073 has been allocated through the IFRC-DREF to support preparedness and response efforts over the next six months.
This support will help strengthen community-based surveillance, risk communication and community engagement, infection prevention and control, safe and dignified burials, psychosocial support and emergency referrals.
Together, these DREF operations are helping communities access reliable health information, detect cases early, reduce transmission risks and protect vulnerable people from the health and socio-economic impacts of Ebola.
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As the Ebola response efforts intensify in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Red Cross teams are mobilizing across eastern DRC with support from the @IFRC, helping communities prevent further spread and respond to urgent needs.

The IFRC has launched an emergency appeal to support the DRC Red Cross in delivering life-saving assistance. Urgent funding is needed. 👉https://t.co/1o2eLhtN5w

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“What we have learnt with previous Ebola outbreaks is that the response is not on the health side only, but it comes from and within the communities.” IFRC’s Regional Operations Coordinator in Africa, Gabriela Arenas @GabsAre, spoke to @BBCWorld about the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The @IFRC is supporting @croix_rouge_rdc and health authorities scale up community engagement, safe and dignified burial teams, dispatch critical supplies, and strengthen cross-border readiness efforts across the region.

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@IFRC has launched a CHF29.5 million regional emergency appeal to help scale frontline response efforts & contain further spread. We are also promoting cross border collaboration & coordination, working with National Societies in countries neighbouring DRC on preparedness actions

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The IFRC has classified the current Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC as a Red-Level emergency following the spread of the rare Bundibugyo strain, for which there is currently no licensed vaccine. Urgent action is needed to contain further spread.

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In DRC, @croix_rouge_rdc volunteers are supporting risk communication and community engagement, surveillance and contact tracing, safe and dignified burials. @UgandaRedCross teams are supporting preparedness and response efforts across the high risk border districts.

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Uganda is responding to a confirmed Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease outbreak, with national authorities strengthening screening, rapid response, isolation, infection prevention and risk communication in affected and high-risk areas.
Through this @IFRC_DREF operation, support will be provided over the next six months to help prevent further spread, protect vulnerable communities and reduce the health and socio-economic impact of the outbreak.
The response will focus on community-based surveillance, risk communication and community engagement, safe and dignified burials, infection prevention and control, psychosocial support and emergency referrals.
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#DREFinAction

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“Our volunteers have been on the ground knocking door-to-door since the day we found out about the epidemic.”

IFRC’s Regional Operations Coordinator, Gabriela Arenas (@GabsAre), spoke to @FRANCE24 about the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the @IFRC is supporting the @croix_rouge_rdc and health authorities by scaling up community engagement, mobilizing safe and dignified burial teams, dispatching critical supplies, and strengthening cross-border preparedness efforts across the region.

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“Without community trust and buy-in, progress is impossible.”

IFRC’s Bronwyn Nichols, Senior Officer for Public Health in Emergencies, spoke to @AJENews  on the importance of community engagement in the Ebola response.

She highlighted efforts in contact tracing, cross-border coordination, and safe dignified burials.

The IFRC continues to support @croix_rouge_rdc  in responding to the Ebola outbreak and assisting affected communities.

[IFRC Africa @IFRCAfrica]

Somalia’s humanitarian needs are deepening, with communities in Puntland facing growing pressure from conflict, climate shocks, and displacement.

Today, IFRC Regional Director @CharlesBusinge1 led a briefing with diplomatic missions alongside Somali Red Crescent Society (#BishaCas) on how we’re responding and why stronger partnerships are critical to save lives.

Support #BishaCas to continue delivering life-saving assistance
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and the impact of reduced funding amid growing humanitarian needs.

I also had the privilege of meeting the Vice President, Excellency Ilyas Osman and concluded my day at UNICEF, exchanging insights on drought’s impact on nutrition and WASH.

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Day 2 in Puntland, I engaged with key ministries on drought response alongside the Ministers of Humanitarian Affairs, Agriculture, Livestock, and the Deputy Minister for Minerals.
Discussions focused on preparedness planning, response, and resilience building,