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Armenian center donates bed sheets
Yerevan :: Armenia | about 15 hours ago
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The Armenian Community Center of Crescenta Valley followed through on a Station fire-inspired pledge Saturday when it donated more than 300 bed sheets to the American Red Cross Glendale-Crescenta Valley chapter for use at future emergency shelters. The...
Tags: Red Cross, Ron Farina, bedding sheets, Armenian Community Center, station fire, emergency shelter, Armenia, Yerevan, American Red Cross, Crescenta Valley, Glendale California, Crescenta Valley High School, Disaster Accident
Israeli airstrike injures eight
Gaza :: Palestine | 2 days ago
Credibility Israeli air strikes on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip overnight wounded eight Palestinians, one of them seriously, medics said today. Five people were wounded, including the one seriously, in a raid carried out on smuggling tunnels near the southern town of...
Tags: Gaza Strip, Israelis, smuggle tunnel, israelis military, Hamas, Palestinians, air strike, israelis planes, Egypt, Palestine, Gaza, Israel￢ﾀﾓGaza conflict casualties timeline, Gaza￢ﾀﾓIsrael conflict, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Politics, War Conflict, Israel-Gaza conflict, Gaza War, West Bank, Israeli settlements Palestinians and human rights, Human rights in Israel, B'Tselem, Second Intifada, Gilad Shalit, Fathi Hamad, Palestinian militant groups, Islamic terrorism, Palestinian political violence, Finance, Insurance, Red Cross, Barzilai Medical Center, David Ben-Gurion, Ashkelon, Magen David Adom
New approach to aid needed in Africa
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | 3 days ago
Credibility Twenty-five years after the world was gripped by harrowing scenes of starvation and death in Ethiopia, chronic hunger has returned to the Horn of Africa. Last month the Ethiopian government called for urgent international assistance to help feed 6,2-million...
Tags: Ethiopian, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Red Cross, Development, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Famine, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Humanitarian aid, Aid, International organizations, Disaster Accident, Least Developed Countries, Poverty, Hunger, African Union member states, African countries, Horn of Africa, Somalia, world food price crisis, Malnutrition, World Food Programme, Social Issues, Environment
AFRICA: Digesting a "mouthful" of climate change
Kampala :: Uganda | 4 days ago
Credibility Disaster risk reduction as a tool for climate change adaptation is a "technical mouthful" said Rachel Shebesh, chair of the African Parliamentarian Initiative for Climate Risk Reduction...The legislative body of the African Union met in Midrand, halfway...
Tags: African Union, Organization of African Unity, South Africa, climate change, natural disaster, Uganda, Kampala, Demography, Population, Refugee, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Norwegian Refugee Council, Forced migration, Persecution, Internally displaced person, Disaster Accident, Social Issues, War Conflict, Politics, International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, Disaster risk reduction, Adaptation to global warming, Disaster, Climate risk, Disaster preparedness, Natural disasters, Global warming, Environment, African countries, Least Developed Countries, International Committee of the Red Cross, Red Cross, United Nations General Assembly observers
Man, woman killed in South Tel Aviv fire
Jerusalem :: Israel | 4 days ago
Credibility Two people were killed and at least nine were lightly injured in a fire that erupted in a southern Tel Aviv apartment building overnight Wednesday...Of the injured, three were evacuated to hospital and six were treated by MDA teams on the scene. Five...
Tags: Israel, Jerusalem, 34-Methylenedioxyamphetamine, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Red Cross, Magen David Adom, Tel Aviv, Disaster Accident
South Africa: Funds needed for displaced Zimbabweans
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 5 days ago
Credibility The number of Zimbabweans displaced after some of their shacks in an informal settlement outside De Doorns, a farming town about 140km from Cape Town, South Africa, were attacked and demolished by local South African residents, has risen to about 3,000,...
Tags: Red Cross, South Africans, South Africa, Johannesburg
Africa: World's Largest Humanitarian Network
Nairobi :: Kenya | 6 days ago
Credibility G20 perceive today’s top challenges in the humanitarian field. It shows that climate change, a lack of humanitarian access, armed conflict, increased poverty and hunger, and ongoing disregard for international humanitarian law (IHL) top the list of their...
Tags: climate change, red cross, Kenya, Nairobi, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Humanitarian principles, International humanitarian law, Battle of Solferino, Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief, Environment, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, International Committee of the Red Cross, Disaster, Humanitarianism, International organizations, Disasters, Disaster Accident, Humanitarian crisis, Scientific opinion on climate change, Development, Aid, Social Issues
More shooting attacks against foreigner in Aceh
Banda Aceh :: Indonesia | 6 days ago
Credibility No one was injured in the incident. News portal www.kompas.com reported that the shootings took place at around 10:30 p.m. on Monday at the house located in Jl...A number of police officers have been deployed to guard the house and to examine the crime...
Tags: Red Cross, Banda Aceh, Aceh Besar, Nangroe Aceh Darussalam, Indonesia, Aceh, Subdistricts of Aceh
Red Cross sells pieces of history to cut deficit
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | 7 days ago
Credibility Rose Percy has a long history with the American Red Cross. Complete with an extensive wardrobe and her own Tiffany jewelry, this 23-inch wax doll was first sold for $1,200 back in 1864 to benefit the U.S...On Tuesday, Percy will be sold in one of the...
Tags: American Red Cross, Heritage Auction Galleries, U.S. Sanitary Commission, Washington, Rose Percy, Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Museology, Emblems of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Auction, Norman Rockwell, Red Cross, Auctioneering
Red Cross receives grant to help military families
Richmond :: KY :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility The local branch is in the early stages of planning its specific programs. Current focus is on providing scholarships for military members, veterans and their families, as well as health and safety courses. Courses available include first aid, CPR, automated...
Tags: American Red Cross, services member, holidays mail, press release, Richmond, Emblems of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Playing card, Red Cross, Christmas card, War Conflict
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