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“Butt-Dialling?” It’s becoming a problem

Posted January 13, 2011 by Global Administrator

My best friend’s infant son really likes playing with gadgets, especially telephones. He loves to grab them, press the numbers, and watch them blink. My friend and her husband thought it was harmless until one time last year their child accidentally ...

Power of Humanity - Haiti one year after the earthquake

Posted January 12, 2011 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

*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...

On thin ice

Posted January 11, 2011 by Global Administrator

The cold water survival experiments by University of Manitoba professor and researcher Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht – dubbed Professor Popsicle – may seem a bit quirky, but cold water shock is no laughing matter. The ice on lakes and ponds in many parts ...

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 ...

An inside look at Inside Disaster

Posted January 11, 2011 by Global Administrator

Our very own Red Crosser, Jean-Pierre Taschereau (most of us know him as JP) is one of the aid workers featured in a documentary that is scheduled to premiere in Ontario on TVO tonight. The documentary, Inside Disaster Haiti, follows the work ...

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

Posted January 10, 2011 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

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 ...

Shelters for "Deaf Camp" in Haiti: blog from the field

Posted January 09, 2011 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

* Guest blog by Louise Taylor, Delegate for the Canadian Red Cross in Haiti A week before the anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, the Red Cross fulfilled its promise to provide shelter those left homeless on January 12th to some v...

In one moment – you made a difference

Posted January 07, 2011 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

When the earthquake struck Haiti on January 12 of last year – the lives of millions of people in Haiti were forever changed. The news of the devastating quake spread quickly across Canada and in only a few hours Canadians generously opened the...

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