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28 Mar 2012
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World
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Predictable, Preventable: Best Practices for Addressing Interpersonal and Self-Directed Violence During and After Disasters

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Preface

In our world, disasters continue to disrupt and damage landscapes and human lives. often in the aftermath, people unite spontaneously with compassion and generosity.

11 Jan 2012
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Haiti
Deux ans après le séisme, les dons des Canadiens continuent d’aider les collectivités en Haïti

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Ottawa, le 11 janvier 2012 – Deux ans après le violent séisme, la Croix-Rouge canadienne continue d’aider les survivants à se reconstruire et à se rétablir en Haïti. Après avoir offert une assistance immédiate visant à sauver des vies, la Croix-Rouge mène désormais des opérations de rétablissement à long terme afin de permettre aux collectivités de bâtir un avenir plus solide et plus sain.

10 Jan 2012
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Haiti
Two years on: Canadian donations continue to help communities in Haiti

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(OTTAWA, January 11, 2012) – Two years after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, the Canadian Red Cross continues to help earthquake survivors rebuild and recover. Efforts have shifted from immediate life-saving assistance to long-term recovery to ensure communities can build a stronger and healthier future.

Shelter remains the top humanitarian priority for Canadian Red Cross teams. To date, more than 5, 700 earthquake and hurricane resistant homes have been constructed, providing essential stability and protection to 28, 500 of Haiti’s most vulnerable people.

01 Nov 2011
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Turkey
Red Cross responds as earthquake survivors in Turkey face another night in near freezing temperatures

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Canadian Red Cross accepting donations to meet urgent needs of survivors.

(OTTAWA, October 27, 2011) The Red Cross is rapidly mobilizing to meet the needs of tens of thousands of people left homeless by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake this week in Turkey. According to initial assessments more than 1,300 people were injured and over 2,000 buildings have been destroyed, leaving tens of thousands of people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.

20 Sep 2011
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Canadian Red Cross deploys field hospital to support cholera response in Chad

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(Ottawa, September 12, 2011) Today, the Canadian Red Cross is deploying its basic health care unit to treat people who have been affected by cholera in Chad. This unit is part of the First Responder Initiative, a partnership with the Government of Canada.

“The people in Chad are facing a serious health crisis,” says Karine Farrell, manager of disaster preparedness and response with the Canadian Red Cross. “Thanks to the Government of Canada, we not only have the equipment but a team of trained health professionals we can mobilize rapidly to support this operation.”

19 Jul 2011
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Dominica
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Caribbean Community Resilience to Disaster Risk (CCRDR): Enhancing community resilience to disaster risk in the Caribbean region

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Through support from the Canadian Red Cross and the Canadian International Development Agency, the Red Cross Societies in Dominica, Jamaica and Guyana have launched a three year program to enhance community resilience to disaster risk in the Caribbean region. This project will enable people living in vulnerable communities to identify and analyze risks and hazards in their local environment, to adopt behaviours that will make their homes and communities safer and be able to respond to disasters.

19 Jul 2011
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Red Cross responds to crisis in Horn of Africa

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(OTTAWA, July 14, 2011) The Canadian Red Cross has launched an emergency appeal to assist millions of people affected by drought in the Horn of Africa. Very poor rainfall in the region, estimated to be the worst in 60 years, has destroyed crops and livestock, and caused thousands of families to flee their homes in search of food and clean water.

16 May 2011
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Canada
Montérégie Floods: The Red Cross Tirelessly Continues to Provide Support

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Montreal, May 17, 2011 - The Red Cross has been providing services in the Montérégie area since April 29. The organization is supporting local and Quebec government relief operations.

03 May 2011
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Flooding: 5 Reception and Information Centres Opened

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Montreal, May 3, 2011 - Teams of volunteer responders in the areas of the Montérégie impacted by severe spring floods have been mobilized since last week to provide support to families affected by the disaster. Right now, Red Cross teams are providing basic services in reception and information centres that have been set up in 5 municipalities at the request of local authorities. Saint-Jean, Iberville, Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu, Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois and Saint-Paul-de-l’Île-aux-Noix.

29 Apr 2011
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Families affected by prairie floods can count on the Canadian Red Cross

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A house surrounded by water between Ste. Agathe and St. Adolphe. Nearly 2,000 people in Manitoba have been evacuated due to floods so far this year.

The Canadian Red Cross is actively responding to floods in the prairies. After a harsh winter, the spring is bringing with it warm weather causing snow to melt and rivers to rise. Close to 5,000 people are affected; many forced to leave their homes.

More than 200 Canadian Red Cross staff and volunteers have been mobilized to help.

19 Mar 2011
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Japan
Canadian Red Cross sends $5 Million to Japan donated by generous Canadians

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OTTAWA March 19- 2011 - The Canadian Red Cross is transferring $5 million in cash to the Japanese Red Cross to support relief efforts following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The money will be used to support emergency health and the distribution of relief items to people impacted by this disaster.

"The compassion the Canadian people have demonstrated over the past week through their generous support to the Canadian Red Cross is incredibly uplifting at a time when we are dealing with such an immense humanitarian tragedy," stated Satoshi Sugai,

19 Jan 2011
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Haiti
Haiti Earthquake 1-year commemoration

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(OTTAWA, Jan. 12, 2011) The Canadian Red Cross thanks donors, volunteers and supporters for their contributions following the Jan. 12 earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010. The Canadian Red Cross raised $199 million from individual Canadians, corporations and governments including the federal government matching program.

"One year on, we mourn alongside the people of Haiti for the deep losses they have incurred," said Conrad Sauvé, secretary general and CEO of the Canadian Red Cross. "However, we are also encouraged by the generous outpouring of support from Canadians

10 Jan 2011
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Haiti
Three partners join the Canadian Red Cross to develop an integrated health program for Haiti

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(MONTREAL, Jan. 10, 2011) - Nearly a year after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, the Canadian Red Cross is bolstering its commitment to the global relief effort in the country with the announcement of a partnership for a new integrated health program for Haiti. This five-year program will make it possible to reconstruct and strengthen the health care system for the most vulnerable groups in four districts in the country's southeast. It will aim to maximize positive, long-term health outcomes for Haitians by improving access to quality health
21 Dec 2010
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Haiti
Haiti: Cholera treatment centre a sign of hope in Carrefour

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By Katie Kallio, Information delegate, Carrefour

December 21, 2010

After only 30 hours of the first boxes hitting the ground in Carrefour Haiti, the Canadian Red Cross cholera treatment centre had already admitted its first patient, Bethnaida Elimar, a three year old girl from Carrefour.

"She was complaining of not feeling well," explains her mother Lillian. "When I noticed she was showing the symptoms of cholera, I was so scared, I took her to the hospital right away."

It is estimated that to date there are

27 Aug 2010
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Sri Lanka
The Canadian Red Cross opens family reconnection line for Sri Lankan migrants

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(Ottawa - August 27, 2010) - Sometimes families are separated when they need each other most. The Canadian Red Cross is today launching a phone line for people living in Canada to reconnect with immediate family members that arrived from Sri Lanka on the MV Sun Sea.

The Canadian Red Cross Restoring Family Links program helps people in Canada to re-establish contact with immediate family members after separation due to migration, armed conflict, natural disaster and other humanitarian crises. The Canadian Red Cross is extending

27 Aug 2010
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Pakistan
Red Cross warns of increasing health crisis in Pakistan

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(August 27, 2010 - OTTAWA) The Canadian Red Cross is deeply concerned about the escalating health crisis caused by the floods in Pakistan. With over six million people in need of immediate assistance, including food, medicine, nutrition and clean drinking water, the risk of epidemic is high.

Presently over three million children are at high risk of suffering from malnutrition and water-borne diseases, including diarrhea, dysentery and malaria. According to the Indus Institute for Research and Education, 13 thousand pregnant women are settled in relief

23 Aug 2010
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Pakistan: Government of Canada Matching Fund will enable additional support for flood victims

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(August 23, 2010 - Ottawa) The Canadian Red Cross applauds the Government of Canada's announcement of a matching fund for Pakistan flood relief. This fund will match all Canadian donations dollar for dollar and will allow the Canadian Red Cross to reach thousands of more flood survivors in affected communities.

"The destruction in Pakistan is devastating," says Conrad Sauvé, secretary general and CEO of the Canadian Red Cross. "I'm concerned about the impact on the health of millions of people being affected by lack of food, water, and shelter

20 Aug 2010
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Canadian banks accepting donations for Red Cross relief efforts in Pakistan

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(Ottawa, August 20, 2010) - The Canadian Red Cross is pleased to announce that nine banks in Canada are accepting cash donations in support of Red Cross relief efforts in Pakistan. Over 20 million people have been left devastated as the worst disaster the world has seen in a decade wreaks havoc across the country.

"The scale of this disaster is unimaginable," says Conrad Sauvé, secretary general and CEO of the Canadian Red Cross. "We urgently need more support to meet the overwhelming humanitarian needs in Pakistan. We are grateful to these banks for making it easier

17 Aug 2010
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Red Cross deploys $1 million in Government of Canada relief supplies to Pakistan

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(August 17, 2010 - Toronto) As a collaborative effort, the Canadian Red Cross, along with the Canadian International Development Agency, has deployed $1 million of emergency supplies to the flood affected communities in Pakistan. Once in Pakistan, the stocks will be distributed by local volunteers through the Red Cross Red Crescent network.

"Meeting the humanitarian needs of a disaster of this magnitude requires a massive and well-coordinated response," says Hossam Elsharkawi, director of emergencies and recovery