Yesterday we were called to testify on Capitol Hill about how the social web is changing disaster response. The Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery and Intergovernmental Affairs (phew …
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“It was like a dream…”
This post is written by Danelle Schlegelmilch, a Red Cross worker who was deployed to Alabama to help with tornado relief.
Severe Storms Across the US
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 …
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Community of Hope
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.
The Voice
Danelle Schlegelmilch in Iowa
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Haiti Update: Building a Better Future for the Disabled
Tucked into a lush green hillside in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, the site of the future Healing Hands for Haiti rehabilitation center is easy to miss from the street.