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Month: August 2012

Srebrenica Cemetery
International

Witnessing the Aftermath of Tragedy: A Visit to Srebrenica

by T Braunstein August 21, 2012

My head swims with thoughts about the son who would’ve been a young man today; my exact age. What would he have looked like? What would he have done with his life? Would he have made his mother proud?

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World Humanitarian Day

by Erin Ferris August 21, 2012

Sunday, August 19th – the anniversary of the 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq – is World Humanitarian Day.

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Health & Safety

Shark Safety = Water Safety

by Kristiana Almeida August 17, 2012August 17, 2012

During my Shark Week viewing, I’m usually yelling at the TV, telling people to “LOOK OUT!” … I have narrowed down some of my other television rants in order to bring you questions that you may want to ask yourself before you go to the water again.

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Disaster, Health & Safety

Keep Your Campus Safe

by Erin Ferris August 15, 2012September 8, 2016

I live in College Station, Texas, and my husband works for Texas A&M University.

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International, Mapping

We Start With a Good Map

by Rob Banick August 14, 2012August 15, 2012

With the hard work of our GIS mapping teams, local volunteers and you we will help the communities of Gulu and Lira develop maps.

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Strike a Pose

by Kristiana Almeida August 13, 2012

We have discovered that you like taking pictures whenever you do something with the Red Cross! Here are some of our favs. Learning Hands Only CPR looks like fun! A …

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We Are All One

by Kristiana Almeida August 10, 2012

This post comes to us from Barbara Behling, who was deployed shortly after we heard about the Sikh Temple shooting in Wisconsin Oak Creek, WI…On Sunday, August 5th a single …

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Blood, Health & Safety, International

Surfing Report

by Wendy Harman August 9, 2012September 8, 2016

Curiosity, Umbrellas, calling us, maybe, and scary swimming pools.

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International

Watching the Philippine Flood Response Online

by Gloria Huang August 8, 2012August 8, 2012

We’ve been keeping an eye on all of the posts online about the severe flooding the Phillipines this week. The flooding is reported to be the “worst since 2009”.

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Volunteers

Shopping for a Cause

by Erin Ferris August 8, 2012March 2, 2013

Since then I’ve regularly searched Etsy for unique Red Cross-themed items with the intention of once again sharing my favorites with you.

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