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LatRC is implementing the international project “EvRe – Evacuation Ready”
24.03 2022Projects
The Latvian Red Cross (LatRC) together with the Finnish RC (main coordinator), the Lithuanian RC and the Estonian RC have been implementing the European Union-funded project “EvRe – Evacuation Ready” since January 2022. Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as well as Finland are geographically situated in the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Population …
Help us to help Ukraine!
04.03 2022Migrants and refugees
You can make a donation by bank transfer and by calling to a donation number.
Italian army and Italian Embassy in Latvia supports children living in social centers of Latvian Red Cross
13.12 2021International cooperation
The money has been collected by the "Former Bersaglieri Association – Campania section" with a contribution of the Embassy of Italy in Latvia.
Representatives from the Latvian Red Cross social center “Gaizins” joined a training course “Substance abuse treatment, harm reduction and humanitarian drug policy”
10.12 2021Health promotion
A training course took place from 29 November to 3 December, 2021, in Rome, Italy.
New #ClimateChangedMe campaign sounds a global alarm: “The climate crisis is here, and we need to act now.”
04.10 2021International cooperation
#ClimateChangedMe presents climate change as the “ultimate life-changing experience”.
Soldiers of the NATO Slovakian contingent and eFP BG who are stationed in Latvia donates food parcel to the Red Cross
17.09 2021International cooperation
On September 13, representatives of the Slovakian Army and NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia donated more than 400 food parcels to social centre "Gaizins"
Representatives of NATO’s Italian army wish to be socially active and support children
24.08 2021International cooperation
This autumn, an activity will be organized to support the children of LatRC social centers.
Hepatitis Day – express testing in LatRC Health centers
04.08 2021Health promotion
Within the World Hepatitis day on 28 July, from 26 to 30 July, everyone was invited to check their health free of charge by performing a hepatitis express test in the Latvian Red Cross Health centers in Riga and Daugavpils. In Riga 64 persons participated in express testing, of which hepatitis C was detected in …
Information about Dry Eye Disease (DED)
29.06 2021LatRC Youth
Dry Eye Disease (DED) is a major and increasing health-care problem due to its high prevalence and economic burden. Prevalence data reveals that 5 to 35% of the world's adult population suffer from DED.
International Voluntary Services: New Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Latvian Red Cross
04.06 2021International cooperation
With the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Latvian Red Cross and the German Red Cross, both national societies contribute to strengthening their cooperation.
A new campaign is launched to help the world’s mothers caught in war
09.05 2021International cooperation
On the occasion of Mother’s Day, RC is launching a new campaign to highlight the courage of women living in countries in conflict.