Earthquakes/Tsunamis (Page 15)

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Red Cross responds to New Zealand earthquake

*This blog was originally posted by our sister society, the British Red Cross. By Victoria Watts This morning, we have woken up to the devastating news that Christchurch in New Zealand was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake last night, killing a...

Memories of Haiti

*Guest blog by Bonnie Kearns, Canadian Red Cross delegate and volunteer from Sarnia OntarioI’m home, it’s snowing and I’m sitting by a fire very relaxed. But as I sit here my mind wanders to Haiti. I had bought a new pair of rubber boots from Cana...

Power of Humanity - Haiti one year after the earthquake

*Guest blog by Katie Kallio, communications advisor with the Canadian Red Cross * It was a cold winter day and I had just left the office and was on my way home when I got my first call about the earthquake in Haiti.  In some disasters the sca...

Improving health in Haiti

*Guest blog by Conrad Sauvé, Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Red Cross*We can all remember almost one year ago, image after image of destruction in Haiti following a devastating earthquake. For me, it was the footage of ...

A father's story about losing - and finding - his son

Some things in life are universal no matter who you are or where you live. And if you are a parent– losing a child is the most painful thing imaginable. On January 12, a massive earthquake in Haiti not only destroyed homes, and infrastructure it ...

What it means to work for the Red Cross: special post from Haiti

*Guest blog by Jean-Louis Lukenson, Community Mobilization Officer for the Canadian Red Cross, Léogane, Haiti It seems like everything can be divided into ‘before the earthquake’ and ‘after the earthquake.’ Before the earthquake, I had been wor...

Seeing Haiti first-hand

* Alison Frehlich, Public Affairs Advisor, Canadian Red Cross, is blogging from Haiti Since January 12th I sometimes feel a bit like I live and breathe all things Haiti. It has been the largest part of my workload since then and it occupies much o...

Durham Region Red Cross volunteer heads to Haiti on aid mission

Guy Lepage, of Ajax, leaves Aug. 19 for Haiti on a four-week aid mission with the Canadian Red Cross. In Haiti, Guy will be working with other international Red Cross volunteers and delegates to do training sessions with the Haitian Red Cross. He ...

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