A Look Into the Life of a WWII Resistance Fighter and Local Red Cross Volunteer

A few months back, we wrote about how our office received a surprise visitor in the person of Diet Eman, a local WWII concentration camp survivor and former member of the Dutch Resistance. Diet stopped by again yesterday for a Lifesavers Tour, and we thought that you might all enjoy hearing more of her story.
This [...]

Worldwide Weekly Wrap-Up

Welcome to the Worldwide Weekly 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 of the larger and/or more intriguing aspects of our global work…
 
[The place names link to maps so that you can get a quick idea of [...]

Weekly Worldwide 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 of the larger and/or more intriguing aspects of our global work…
[The place names link to maps so that you can get a quick idea of [...]

Ready or Not…

Two weeks ago, I was so ready.
I had made my to-do list, I had skimmed all the necessary demographic information, I had made arrangements at work and at home.
I was ready to go to American Samoa.
So were most of the other AmeriCorps in the office.  We checked the news and Disaster Services Human Resource website [...]

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 of the larger and/or more intriguing aspects of our global work…
[The place names link to maps so that you can get a quick idea of [...]

A shout-out to Duckie

Yesterday, I opened up my BBC news browser and found myself face to face with the news of the earthquake in Indonesia.  The first thing I did was check the location of the earthquake.  A dear friend of mine (affectionately called Duckie) lives in the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, on the island of Java.  I discovered that the [...]

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…
[The place names link to maps so that you can get a quick idea of the region.]
ASIA PACIFIC: The Red Cross Red Crescent is now responding to four near-simultaneous disasters [...]

Update on the Situation in American Samoa From Joe Becker

Typhoon Ketsana Devastates the Philippines, Turns Its Sights to Viet Nam

It’s been called the “Hurricane Katrina of the Philippines.” On Saturday, September 26, the northern Philippines, including the capital city Manila, was hit by Typhoon Ketsana, which caused the worst flooding in 40 years.

(Photo courtesy of the IFRC.)
The following article was taken from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, www.ifrc.org:
Throughout the [...]

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…
[The place names link to maps so that you can get a quick idea of the region.]
VIETNAM: The Vietnam Red Cross Society becomes the most recent country to join [...]