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Red Cross and Aviva launch partnership to bolster disaster resilience

Jocelyn Timperley
clock 16 February 2016 •
Red Cross and Aviva launch partnership to bolster disaster resilience

Insurance giant to support charity in its work to help vulnerable communities prepare for and respond to extreme weather disasters

British Red Cross and insurance giant Aviva have joined forces in a new partnership to help communities around the world prepare for and respond to disasters and extreme weather events. The two organisations...

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