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Memories of Haiti

Posted January 18, 2011 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

*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...

Improving health in Haiti

Posted January 11, 2011 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

*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 ...

Reflections from Haiti, blog by John Saunders

Posted December 30, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Ontario Director of Disaster Management, John Saunders (@CRCSaunders), has been in Haiti working with a team deployed with the first ever field Canadian Red Cross field hospital. On this, my last night working at the Canadian Red Cross Cholera Treatm...

Fighting cholera in Haiti: Blog by John Saunders

Posted December 29, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Our Disaster Dude, Ontario Director of Disaster Management, John Saunders (@CRCSaunders), has been in Haiti working with a team deployed with the first ever field Canadian Red Cross field hospital.  John has been there for four weeks and will soon be...

The special role Red Cross nurses play

Posted December 15, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

** Guest blog by Katie Kallio, Information and Reporting Delegate in Haiti. Katie is part of the team working in the new Canadian Red Cross field hospital. It’s 10:30 at night, and as I lay in my tent I can hear some of my colleagues doing rounds ...

"Super Team" opens Cholera Treatment Centre in Haiti

Posted December 13, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

** Guest blog by Katie Kallio, Information and Reporting Delegate in Haiti. Katie is part of the team working in the new Canadian Red Cross field hospital. [slideshow] Setting up an 80 bed field hospital takes time - however, with the number of...

Media spotlight on Red Cross field hospital workers

Posted December 10, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

If you follow this blog regularly, then you would have heard us talking about two Ontarians who were deployed to Haiti with the first-ever Canadian Red Cross field hospital. This Emergency Response Unit is the first of its kind in the Americas and is...

The Red Cross Round-up

Posted December 08, 2010 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

*Written by Katie Robinson, communications coordinator with the Canadian Red Cross * The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our Sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. GUINEA-BISSAU: Some 30 volunteers of the Red Cross ...

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