Red Cross Stories : worldwide 6
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Haiti: Five Years On
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Five years after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, the Canadian Red Cross continues to help earthquake survivors recover from this disaster, rebuild communities and restore hope.
Typhoon Hagupit moves across the Philippines as Red Cross helps those affected
- As Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby) made landfall and continues to move across the Philippines, Red Cross teams across the country are helping in areas already hit and making full assessments on the impact so far.
Ready to respond
- Aid worker Sebastien Jouffroy was sent to help run the Canadian Red Cross field hospital after Typhoon Haiyan hit. Inside the white tents, Red Cross staff provided life-saving treatment to patients.
Enhancing community resilience to disaster risk in the Caribbean region
- The Canadian Red Cross, with support from the Government of Canada, has completed a three-year project in three countries in the Caribbean to help reduce the impact emergencies on communities.
HBC Foundation to match Canadian donations supporting response to West Africa Ebola outbreak
- A generous donation match offer from Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) Foundation will support Red Cross emergency response efforts and encourage Canadians to respond to the urgent need for donations to combat the spread of the Ebola virus. Until October 31, all online donations to the West Africa Ebola Fund made at redcross.ca/hbcmatch will be matched by HBC Foundation.
First two Ebola survivors discharged from Red Cross treatment centre in Sierra Leone
- “I don’t know why I survived when others didn’t,” says the first person to have survived Ebola after treatment at the newly built IFRC Ebola treatment centre in Kenema, Sierra Leone. After two negative blood tests, 37-year-old man is free to head home.
Ebola virus outbreak: The four pillars of Red Cross intervention
- Meet a Canadian working with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to educate local populations on the Ebola virus, contain the outbreak, trace Ebola cases, and provide psychosocial support to locals affected as well as volunteers and health staff trying to save lives.
Red Cross providing vital help to the people of Gaza and Israel
- The humanitarian consequences of the ongoing conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestine Territories continue to impact the lives of millions. The situation in the densely populated Gaza Strip is particularly dire.
Red Cross working to combat Ebola outbreak in West Africa
- A fast-spreading outbreak of Ebola is affecting several countries in West Africa. Ebola is a highly contagious virus that causes severe haemorrhaging. To date, no treatment or vaccine is available for the disease, which kills between 25 – 90 per cent of victims, depending on the strain of the virus.
Canadian aid workers deploy to Chile to support psychosocial needs after major earthquake
- Following the 8.2 magnitude earthquake in Chile on April 1, 2014, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies mobilized its Regional Response Unit (RRU) for the first time. Bringing together expertise from Red Cross National Societies, including the Canadian Red Cross, the unit provided support for the emotional and psychological needs of those affected and helps build the capacity of Chilean Red Cross volunteers so they can continue to provide psychosocial support to communities in the future.
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