Disaster Response (Page 56)

At the Syrian Arab Red Crescent’s al-Maisat centre, many families await the distribution of food parcels. Each food parcel contains 15 kg of rice, five litres of sunflower oil, three cans of tuna, five kg of sugar, one kg of lentils and 15 cans o...

Last week, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Pakistan's remote, mountainous Balochistan region. Since then, the Pakistan Red Crescent Society has been providing relief including medical services, food, and shelter and has mobilized mobile hea...

Today’s photo comes from the Mexican Red Cross, who have responded to 32,000 individuals in parts of Mexico affected by Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel. Massive flooding and landslides have left 18 states in Mexico in need of aid. The ...

Photo credit: American Red Cross Flickr Volunteers from the American Red Cross have been hard at work responding to flooding that has affected more than 18,000 homes in Colorado and caused evacuations in New Mexico and Texas. While the area braces f...

When the disaster struck Lac-Mégantic this summer, Mrs. Lavallée, a Lac-Mégantic resident, was visiting a relative. After hearing the sound of explosions, she and her sister-in-law left the house very quickly, without even taking time to put on her s...

Red Cross Red Crescent aid workers are busy setting up tents and unloading supplies in Azraq, Jordan that will serve as a field hospital for Syrian refugees. The hospital will consist of several tents and will include the necessary equipment to o...

In response to the ongoing crisis in Syria, the Red Cross is in the midst of setting up a field hospital in Jordan to provide health care for Syrian refugees who have fled their home as a result of the conflict. To date, 1.9 million people have b...