Red Cross Stories
: Emergencies and Disasters Worldwide
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Emergencies and Disasters Worldwide
January 14, 2014 - Sibrien Gaston’s home was badly damaged during the January 2010 earthquake. Having nowhere else to go he found refuge in a place known to the general population as Sanatorium, a hospital that treats people with tuberculosis.
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December 31, 2013 - Ten Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) volunteers began a two day operation on December 14 to provide children with polio vaccines.
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December 23, 2013 - When seven-year-old Abloy showed up at the Red Cross field hospital in the Philippines, medical staff didn’t think he was going to make it.
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December 09, 2013 - On Friday November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan – locally known as Yolanda – created widespread destruction across the Philippines, affecting 11.2 million people, leaving lives and homes destroyed.
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December 06, 2013 - Violence often increases during and after disasters and emergencies. In times of crisis, individuals and communities may lose their regular coping mechanisms while they experience the overwhelming stress that is present in the aftermath of a disaster.
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December 03, 2013 - The Canadian Red Cross has a long history of providing charity funding and relief services to those around the world who have been affected by emergencies and disasters.
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December 02, 2013 - The delivery ward is an exciting place in any hospital, but in the Red Cross' emergency response unit field hospital in Ormoc, Philippines, delivering 100 babies in the first 10 days since opening has kept the team of midwives on their toes.
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November 28, 2013 - Emotions ran high as Mark Joseph Nuez sat on a folding chair under a Red Cross tent, on what used to be the lawn of the Ormoc District Hospital, the only fully public hospital on the island of Leyte, home to 190,000 people.
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November 27, 2013 - The Canadian Red Cross, one of the largest non-profit organizations in Canada, is devoted to delivering humanitarian aid and relief to those in need worldwide. Recently, with the support of the Government of Canada, the Canadian Red Cross contributed to the response to extreme temperatures in Peru.
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November 21, 2013 - For Rogelio Arges, the Red Cross field hospital in Ormoc could not have arrived at a better time. While medical, administration and other disaster response experts were working around the clock to set up the tented hospital, Arges was clearing rubble and debris with the Philippines' Department of Public Works. While working to clear roads through central Ormoc, on hard-hit Leyte Island, he stumbled and broke his arm.
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