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Disaster Update: Earthquake in Turkey
Rescue workers try to save people trapped under debris after an earthquake in Tabanli village near the eastern Turkish city of Van on Oct. 23, 2011. (Photo: Reuters/Abdurrahman Antakyali/Anadolu...
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Humanity in the Midst of Conflict
American Red Cross Offering International Humanitarian Law Course International Humanitarian Law, which includes the Geneva Conventions, is at the core of the global Red Cross network. It is critical...
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World Aids Day
December 1 is World AIDS Day. Take a moment to remember that someone becomes infected with HIV every 12 seconds, about half of them under age 25. Every 16 seconds someone dies from AIDS-related...
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Dadaab calling; Somali refugees link up with their families.
Following an influx of refugees fleeing Somalia indo Dadaab camp, the Kenya Red Cross Society working with the ICRC stepped up its services to help restore family links. Newly arrived refugees are...
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American Red Cross Helping Haiti Recover and Rebuild at Two-Year Anniversary...
The Red Cross to date has spent and signed agreements to spend $330 million on Haiti earthquake relief and recovery efforts Two years after the Haiti earthquake, the American Red Cross is helping...
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Holocaust Survivors and their Families Continue to Turn to the Greater NY Red...
This article was posted on on January 6th 2012 on our National Red Cross Blog. I wanted to share with people from our community because this is a service that many of you may not even know the Red...
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American Red Cross Offers International Humanitarian Law Course
Humanity in the Midst of Conflict American Red Cross Offering International Humanitarian Law Course International humanitarian law, which includes the Geneva Conventions, is at the core of the global...
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World Red Cross Red Crescent Day: Happy Birthday to Henry Dunant
By Tamara Braunstein – May 7, 2012 Monday, May 07, 2012 — Imagine a plain piece of paper laid out before you. Imagine you crumple it up into a ball. Imagine you try to smooth it back out. Can you do...
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On Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoa), Red Cross remembers successes of...
In recognition of Holocaust Remembrance Day the American Red Cross is reaching out to Holocaust survivors and their families to inform them of Red Cross services to reconnect families and find...
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World Red Cross Day
American Red Cross Offering International Humanitarian Law Course The American Red Cross joins with the 187 other Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies around the globe annually on May 8 to...
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Down the Road & Across the Globe the Red Cross is There!
New South Wales Bushfires The Australian Red Cross is currently supporting people in evacuation centres in Springwood, Lithgow and North Richmond.We are expecting these to close down over the coming...
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How to Help: Donate to Typhoon Relief on Facebook
Posted on November 13th, 2013 by Gloria Huang For the next few days, Facebook is making it possible for users to donate directly to the American Red Cross either through a notification in News Feed, or...
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American Red Cross Contributes an Initial $6 Million to Support Typhoon...
Jasmin Ursal is staying at evacuation centre in Bogo. Photo: Jarkko Mikkonen/Finnish Red Cross WASHINGTON, Wednesday, November 13, 2013 – The American Red Cross today announced an initial contribution...
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International Humanitarian Law Offered Saturday, February 15!
The International Humanitarian Law course will be offered on Saturday, February 15th from 8:30am-12:00pm at the American Red Cross Oshkosh Office. The Oshkosh office is located at 515 S. Washburn St.,...
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World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
One in twenty-five people receive help from the global Red Cross network every single year. One in five hundred people in the world is a volunteer for the cause. Today—World Red Cross Red Crescent...
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World Refugee Day “Vine” Your Support Contest
For World Refugee Day, the American Red Cross is having a Vine Your Support contest. Participating in the contest is easy. Just post a Vine sharing why and/or how you support refugees worldwide and in...
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It’s World Humanitarian Day!
In December 2008, the sixty-third session of the UN General Assembly decided to designate August 19 as World Humanitarian Day. August 19 is the date on which a brutal terrorist attack on UN...
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Ending Measles in Kenya: A Volunteer’s Perspective
Written by Sara Horein, American Red Cross volunteer and Tiffany Circle Donor Sara recently traveled to Kenya to witness the life-saving work of the Measles and Rubella partnership. While the disease...
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Remembering One of Our Own Donut Dollies: Emily Strange
Emily Strange (July 23, 1946 – July 12, 2016) served as a Red Cross Donut Dollie with the 9th Infantry Division and Mobile Riverine Force. The Red Cross program was called Supplemental Recreation...
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UMOS, Dist. 12 Alderman José G. Pérez and El Conquistador Newspaper to Co host: HISTORIC FUNDRAISING CONCERT TO BENEFIT DISASTER VICTIMS featuring Multiple Grammy Winner and Living Legend Eddie...
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