Red Cross Stories
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January 05, 2015 - It's a Christmas present Janet Boyd has been waiting for. The Calgary senior’s home, is finally rebuilt 18 months after the Alberta floods destroyed it.
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December 30, 2014 -
Pierre Louis Jeanrigaud is a nurse at a health centre in Seguin. This centre is one of three that has been expanded and rehabilitated by the Canadian Red Cross to provide health care to rural communities in Haiti.
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December 30, 2014 -
Natasha Dumolas is a 29-year-old mother of six from a remote community in Jacmel. The Dumolas family received a safe, durable shelter from the Canadian Red Cross after the devastating earthquake.
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December 30, 2014 -
Junior Printemps is a community mobilization agent with the Red Cross Violence and Abuse Prevention program in Haiti. He visits communities to spread awareness and change mindsets, attitudes and behaviours to help create environments that are safer for adults, youth and children.
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December 27, 2014 - From Nicaragua to Newfoundland and on to Alberta, Aliusha Benoit follows her heart when communities need help, particularly after a disaster. It isn’t always the easiest path to travel, but since Aly first joined the Red Cross as a disaster relief volunteer in Nicaragua more than 20 years ago, she wouldn’t live any other way.
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December 23, 2014 - Chiran Livera, 30, remembers with vivid detail the day the Indian Ocean tsunami struck on Dec. 26. At the time, the Sri Lankan-born humanitarian worker was visiting his family in the southwestern city of Galle.
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December 15, 2014 - With the holiday season approaching, many High River families are still reeling financially as they try to put their lives back together after the Alberta floods of 2013.
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December 15, 2014 - Against a backdrop of snow-covered mountains and with the temperature just below zero, children wearing only flip-flops are lined up to receive blankets from the Lebanese Red Cross.
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December 13, 2014 -
At 4:52 pm on January 12, 2010, Kesnel Tondreau’s life was following its normal routine in the small village of La Vallée, in southeastern Haiti. Thirty-five seconds later, his world fell apart. "I was at home – I had just got back from school. I heard a noise, and suddenly, my house fell down. I started to run, looking for my brothers and sisters. I went to see my grandfather, who had a disability. He was dead. A cement block had fallen on him."
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December 08, 2014 - 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.
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