Tag: haiti
Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up
Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling […]
Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up
Welcome to the Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling […]
Scientific and Humanitarian Lessons from The Haiti and Japan Earthquakes
Our friends (and partners) at OMSI have piqued our collective Red Cross interest again with February 22nd’s Science Pub Portland topic! “Scientific and Humanitarian Lessons from The Haiti and Japan […]
Without the Red Cross, We Would Have Been Lost In recognition of the 2nd anniversary of the Haitian earthquake, we’ve excerpted this powerful piece that was posted on January 10th, […]
2011 Year in Pictures from the American Red Cross
From responding to record-breaking tornadoes, to rebuilding in Haiti, to teaching lifesaving skills to 11,000 people on Gabrielle Giffords Honorary Save-a-Life Saturday, 2011 has been a busy year for the […]
Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up
Welcome to the Worldwide Wednesday Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you. It’s a non-comprehensive sampling […]
Observe World AIDS Day
Today 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 […]
Video Interview: Senior VP of International Services
Yesterday we got the opportunity to do a brief video interview with David Meltzer, Senior Vice President of International Services for the American Red Cross, who was visiting Portland to […]
Keeping Kids Healthy With The Cholera Song
The other day, I was listening to the fabulous Gail McGovern (we like to call her “GMcG“) share details of some of the work we’ve been doing in Haiti. While […]
Haiti Earthquake: Six Months Later
Six months ago today, the world was stunned as a powerful earthquake shook Haiti, destroying buildings, schools and lives. Today, recovery efforts march on and the global Red Cross network […]