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First Aid and CPR Guideline Changes
As the country�s leader in first aid and CPR education, the American Red Cross is working hard to implement newly released first aid and CPR guidelines into training programs.
American Red Cross Commends adoption of Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions
Following more than 50 years of work toward resolving the issue, the American Red Cross commends the efforts of governments and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (the Movement) for adopting the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions at the Diplomatic Conference held in Geneva this week.
Measles Initiative Readies for Latest African Vaccination Campaign
The American Red Cross and its partners in the Measles Initiative partners are planning another major measles vaccination campaign for Africa, this time in the western country of Benin during the week of
Dec. 12.
Red Cross, Red Crescent shelters take shape in Aceh
Efforts to get tens of thousands of tsunami survivors out of tents have taken
shape in the Indonesian province of Aceh with the assembly of a custom-made
temporary shelter from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies, which will be distributed and assembled in conjunction with
the American Red Cross and other Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies.
After The Tsunami: Residents Of Sri Lanka Clean Their Environment
On most days, the residents of Hambantota could be found fishing in the Indian Ocean, playing cricket in the hot sun or chatting with neighbors under a coconut tree. For the past two months, many of those living in this small fishing village have been picking up garbage in the Karagan Lagoon.
STATEMENT: The American Red Cross Responds to The New York Times
Sunday morning, Dec. 4, the New York Times ran a thoughtful editorial about American Red Cross response to Hurricane Katrina.
Together We Can Fight the Spread of HIV/AIDS
Yesterday marked the 17th commemoration of World AIDS Day, a day set aside to
memorialize the lives that have been lost to the disease, to promote HIV/AIDS
awareness and to share successes in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
Red Cross Educates Teachers on Humanitarian Law
To increase awareness of the �rules of war,� the American Red Cross is working with teachers in the United States to educate young students about the need for humanity even in the midst of war.
Choosing to Give on Thanksgiving
More than 350 American Red Cross workers – 90 percent of them volunteers – decided to spend the Thanksgiving holiday on assignment with the Red Cross disaster relief operation in Mississippi rather than return to home and family.
Winter Weather Strikes Midwestern States
Across the country, the American Red Cross is responding to communities affected
by severe weather as tornadoes and snowstorms wreak havoc across much of the
Midwestern United States.
Red Cross societies team up to bring safe water systems to Pulo Aceh
Life on the remote island of Pulo Aceh is challenging in the best of times. It got even more difficult after last December’s devastating earthquake and tsunami wiped out one-third of its villages and damaged 80 percent of those remaining. |
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