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Video: Red Cross deploying field hospital to remote area in Nepal

Posted May 03, 2015 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

The hospital in Dhunche has been severely destroyed and the patients are in tents outside. Many are injured and it is expected that more patients will arrive from the remote villages in the following days.

Red Cross providing access to clean water and sanitation, essential to Nepal relief efforts

Posted May 01, 2015 by Global Administrator

As the relief operation continues in areas of central Nepal devastated by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake, hundreds of thousands of families face the prospect of another night in the open air, fearful of returning to their homes due to aftershocks.

In this setting, access to drinking water is limited access and there are sanitation challenges to overcome.

Photos: Red Cross sends help to Nepal

Posted April 29, 2015 by Global Administrator

The Canadian Red Cross mobile field hospital is now on its way to Nepal, where it will provide medical care to people affected by the recent earthquake. More than 20 Canadian aid workers are being deployed to Nepal to staff the hospital.

Photos: Red Cross responds to Nepal region earthquake

Posted April 26, 2015 by Global Administrator

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on April 25. Authorities report over 2000 people have been killed and many buildings have collapsed in the capital, Kathmandu.

Canadian aid worker in Micronesia in response to Typhoon Maysak

Posted April 14, 2015 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Canadian Red Cross delegate Karen Leiva is currently on a mission in Micronesia with the International Federation of Red Cross to assess the damage caused by Typhoon Maysak. It’s considered a silent disaster, as it has gone mostly unnoticed outside of the region and occurred on the heels of another emergency in the Pacific, Cyclone Pam. The Red Cross responds to hundreds of these silent disasters every year. Karen shares some of the challenges of reaching remote communities.

The Red Cross Round-up

Posted April 08, 2015 by Global Administrator

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.

Canadian Nicolas Verdy leading Red Cross response to Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu

Posted March 25, 2015 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

When Canadian Red Cross delegate Nicolas Verdy arrived in Vanuatu shortly after Severe Tropical Cyclone Pam, a category 5 storm, made landfall, he was amazed at the amount of destruction to buildings and vegetation but also at the resiliency of the people.

Photos: Cyclone Pam causes extensive destruction in Vanuatu

Posted March 16, 2015 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Thousands of people have been affected after Cyclone Pam, a category 5 storm, made landfall in Port Vila, Vanuatu, on Friday, March 13. This was the strongest tropical storm to make landfall since Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines in November 2013.

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