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Leap Day Foundation (LDF)
Leap Day Foundation (LDF)

The idea came about on 1st January 2012 when one of the LDF trustees realised that 2012 was a leap year and therefore, it had an extra day to make 366 days instead of 365, whereby the month of February has 29 days instead of the usual 28. Taking this thought a step further, the following rhetorical question was posed : what if everyone gave this extra day to charity instead of just having it absorbed like all the other…

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New Red Cross Red Crescent report warns the impact of Europe’s ‘worst humanitarian crisis’ in 60 years could be felt for decades

Rome/Geneva: 10 October 2013: With many European countries still in the grip of the economic crisis, a new report from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) today reveals that the humanitarian impact could be felt for decades to come. A recent survey which mapped the responses of 42 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to the crisis shows that millions have fallen into poverty and that, despite an upturn in the economy in…

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