Suppressed giggles filled the room as an image of school children playing with characters like Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob Squarepants flashed on the screen. An emotional support program for …
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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. …
Nelson Mandela, on the Red Cross
On this date in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years in captivity. He was regularly visited by the ICRC during his long years of detention. In …
Surfing Report
A few Red Cross and mission related links we’ve found while surfing the web. The People vs Winter and How to win if you’re the people See the …
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 …
I Know Where I’m Going
A couple weeks ago, our colleagues at the International Committee of the Red Cross shared a powerful short film, featuring a man who worked in South Yemen named Hussein Saleh. …
“Get down! Get down! You are now Prisoners of War!”
By Jillian Kaplan, Central New York Region IHL Team Mentor Two Americorps volunteers, Heather Powell and Kaelyn Madden, burst into the room covered in camouflage, holding neon water guns and …
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 …
International Focus: Growing Concerns in Gaza and Israel
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) posted a piece on their blog about the conflict in Gaza and Israel that is worth a read. The ICRC is an …
GIS in Uganda: Update on Gulu and Lira
Editor’s note: From August 30 – September 9, Robert Banick, a geographic information systems (GIS) analyst for the American Red Cross, traveled to Uganda as part of a project to improve …