Red Cross volunteer Ondra Phillips takes hot meals from a mobile feeding unit that canvassed damaged neighborhoods in Vilonia, Ark. There have been multiple devastating storms across the South and East portions of the U.S. in the last few weeks. Last night, one of the worst hit states was Alabama, with tornadoes destroying countless homes [...]
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Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling of the larger and/or more intriguing aspects of our global work… SUDAN: Three years after being abducted by an armed group, a teenage girl returns [...]
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We are hosting a graphic design contest in which we invite youth to tell us in their own creative way of what it means to “Join the Red Cross.”
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Welcome to the Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling of the larger and/or more intriguing aspects of our global work… JAPAN: With support from around the world, the Japanese Red Cross is assisting tsunami [...]
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By Beth Dunn Hurricane Bob hit Cape Cod at the tail end of the summer I turned nineteen. My mother was in charge of setting up the biggest shelter in town, and I went along, mostly because it sounded heroic and I thought it might make a good story. Then I got deputized to open [...]
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Preparedness Makes a Difference – North Carolina Tornadoes Red Cross Responding to Deadly Tornadoes and Wildfires Twist of Fate Rare Beach Boys Song to be Released to Benefit Japan Disaster Update: Wildfires in Texas Spring Forward With Your Plans for Severe Weather
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Every disaster that I deploy to with the Red Cross may be different but they are all the same. Actually there are probably more similarities than differences in most disasters.
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I felt strong tremors and watched the first television pictures of the remorseless wave
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