Our President and CEO Gail McGovern is visiting Haiti for the second time since the earthquake. See what she has to say in this video update:
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Reminder: You can follow local Red Cross Twitter accounts or Red Cross workers.
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Painting a Village (time lapse video for Haiti)
For scientists, Chile becomes the ideal lab for studying seismic activity
Our Red Cross tweeters in Haiti: @MatMorgan (American Red Cross), @TimoLue and @Tammamo (International Federation)
Haiti and the tyranny of technology
Successfully countering a secular tradition in Rwanda
Our legacy
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National Hurricane Center issues changes for 2010
Profile of satellite company that set up communication services for us in Haiti
Google Apps now disaster proof? – from Techrunch
Calling All the Saints – by Dino Jag
Don’t Mess with Chile – tees for a cause from DieHard Threads
Lindsey Vonn skis and poles on auction via Ellen Degeneres for Haiti [...]
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That’s right. We have our very own month. Starting with Franklin D Roosevelt in 1943, every sitting President has proclaimed March as Red Cross Month.
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A Tsunami warning is in effect for Hawaii. Expected landfall is about 11am local time (4pm ET).
You can follow the Hawaii Red Cross chapter on Twitter: http://twitter.com/hawaiiredcross
Registering with the Safe and Well Web site is an easy way to notify loved ones of your well-being during a tsunami evacuation (US only)
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A collection of some of our favorite links from around the web today.
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American Red Cross volunteer Bonnie Gillespie just returned from a 3 week deployment to Haiti. Her moving personal reflections are in the video below.
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American Red Cross worker Mat Morgan is in Haiti. He climbed to a rooftop to give a video journal account of what he’s seen and how relief is progressing.
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A lot of people ask will I return to Haiti. This morning, pangs of wanting to be there washed over me when Red Crosser Mat Morgan rang up while en route to Cite Soleil. I miss Haiti. I miss the people. I miss feeling inspired, in awe, in the thick of it,
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