Posted November 07, 2012 by Global Administrator
The Red Cross is responding to a 7.4 earthquake that struck off the coast of Guatemala earlier today. Currently, Guatemalan Red Cross volunteers are assisting with assessments, pre-hospital care, search and rescue operations, and psychosocial ...
Posted November 07, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. CUBA: As Hurricane Sandy battered Cuba, many community volunteers from the Cuban Red Cross were not only in the front line of the response,...
Posted November 06, 2012 by Global Administrator
Stephane Michaud from the Canadian Red Cross provides an update on the response to Hurricane Sandy in the Caribbean. The Red Cross continues to provide assistance to the most vulnerable Haitians who are struggling to recover from the affects of Hur...
The 20 Canadian Red Cross volunteers who have been deployed to the United States in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy have been helping out with numerous tasks to support American Red Cross relief efforts, from distributing food to caring for peop...
Posted November 05, 2012 by Global Administrator
With thousands of residents in New York and New Jersey left without power following last week's storm, an innovative company from New York took to the streets to set up charging stations. For those left without electricity, mobile phones are one ...
Social media isn’t going anywhere. As social media changes the world we live in, disaster responders are finding ways to use it to improve emergency response. The Red Cross is using social media’s ability to disseminate updated information in real-ti...
Posted November 03, 2012 by Global Administrator
Wendy Harman, Director of Social Media at the American Red Cross talks about how the Red Cross is using social media in their response following Hurricane Sandy. The Red Cross has tracked more than 1 million mentions of Sandy and are using its soci...
Posted November 02, 2012 by Global Administrator
American Red Cross volunteers are working around the clock in support of relief efforts. As of yesterday, the American Red Cross had provided more than 30,000 overnight shelter stays and deployed more than 3,800 disaster workers and 240 response vehi...
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