Working with the Restoring Family Links team, I’m privy to some pretty incredible stories — stories of hope and love persevering against all odds to bring families and loved ones …
Author: T Braunstein
Q&A: Zack Gross, Restoring Family Links Fellow
Zack Gross is a fellow for the Restoring Family Links program in the Los Angeles, CA chapter of the American Red Cross. Q. Tell me a little bit about what …
Story-telling after Disasters: The Other Side of Recovery
Last Wednesday, February 27, marked the third anniversary of an 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck off the central coast of Chile, triggering a massive tsunami that destroyed homes, businesses, and lives. …
Pascaline Mavugo: A Harrowing Story of Survival with Glimmers of Hope
By Anita Foster, American Red Cross North Texas Region After becoming separated from her siblings while escaping violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pascaline Maguvo turned to the Red …
Opening Our Eyes
Natreka Wallace is a peer educator for the Bahamas Red Cross HIV programs, working with her colleagues to increase disease and prevention awareness in their communities. Many national stakeholders have …
Witnessing the Aftermath of Tragedy: A Visit to Srebrenica
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?
From the Field: Red Cross partnership seeks to build more resilient communities in the Caribbean
Alex Agosti is the Regional Manager for Latin America and Caribbean Programs in the American Red Cross International Services Department. Imagine a storm so devastating that it would cause a …
Two Years Later, for the First Time Ever
T. Brainstein, a Red Cross worker, visits Haiti for the first time.