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British Red Cross

Type: Organization

Name: British Red Cross

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Red Cross/Crescent

Volunteering keeps me young

Since then, the indomitable pensioner has taught thousands of people life-saving skills in her role as a first aid volunteer. She said: “I couldn’t begin to guess how many people I’ve trained over the years – I started in March 1968 and have been doing ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by British Red Cross]

Entities: Red Cross/Crescent, British Red Cross, Interpretation

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Photos: World Water Day

On World Water Day (22 March), the British Red Cross is highlighting the importance of water in emergencies.Right now, in Haiti, clean water is one of the most urgent needs for people affected by the earthquake. The Red Cross is currently distributing ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by British Red Cross]

Entities: World Water Day, Sanitation, British Red Cross, Haiti

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

World TB Day: on the move against tuberculosis

the British Red Cross is highlighting the need to support programmes which combat tuberculosis (TB), a disease, which although curable, kills around two million people a year.In Liberia, stigma is a major concern and there is often an assumption that ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by British Red Cross]

Entities: Red Cross/Crescent, Tuberculosis, Liberia, British Red Cross, HIV/AIDS

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Family homeless after thatch fire

Firefighters tackle Bedfordshire thatch fireA Bedfordshire family has been left homeless after fire tore through the thatched roof.Nearly 60 firefighters were called to Old Ways Road in Ravensden on Thursday afternoon. Additional crews were needed from ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by BBC]

Entities: British Red Cross

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Responding to Haiti: some views from the aid world

LONDON (AlertNet) - How do you ensure that money for Haiti is spent effectively and accountably? What lessons have been learnt from the tsunami? Are aid agencies working together or in competition with each other?Below is a selection of views.Alastair ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by ReliefWeb]

Entities: Haiti, Tsunami, Overseas Development Institute, British Red Cross

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

East Africa: Preparedness for El Nino Floods Emergency Appeal No. MDR64006 Preliminary Final report

- CHF 161,487 was initially allocated from the Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Eastern Africa Regional office in responding by delivering assistance. The British Red Cross contributed CHF 42,180. ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by ReliefWeb - Latest Updates]

Entities: Flooding, emergency, British Red Cross

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 2 Documents

British Red Cross

Promote your work to win board approval says British Red Cross PR chief

Os should promote their own work in order to achieve board-level buy-in, the ' director of comms Phil Talbot has said. Talbot was speaking at Third Sectors Creative, Cost-effective Communications conference last week. He told delegates that in order to ... [Published Mar 15 2010 by PR Week UK]

Entities: British Red Cross

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 1 Documents

Rainbows For Haiti Committee Presents Cheque To Red Cross

Anguilla's contribution to the relief effort in Haiti, following the massive earthquake damage there, has been further strengthened by a donation of US$6,026 raised mainly by the combined work of a number of young women called the Rainbows for Haiti Committee. ... [Published Mar 15 2010 by Anguillian]

Entities: Anguilla, Red Cross/Crescent, Haiti

First Reported Mar 01 2010 - Updated Mar 01 2010 - 2 Documents

Chile earthquake: Views from the aid world

Written by: Katie NguyenLONDON (AlertNet) - Two days after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake killed more than 700 people in Chile, the government was scrambling to provide aid to thousands of homeless people in coastal towns devastated by one of the most powerful ... [Published Mar 01 2010 by ReliefWeb]

Entities: Chile, Earthquake, British Red Cross, Disaster

First Reported Feb 28 2010 - Updated Feb 28 2010 - 3 Documents

Red Cross launches Chile Earthquake Appeal

Source: British Red CrossThe British Red Cross has today launched an emergency appeal to support people affected by the massive earthquake in Chile on 27 February 2010.The earthquake, one of the largest ever recorded, measured 8.8 on the Richter scal ... [Published Feb 28 2010 by ReliefWeb]

Entities: Red Cross/Crescent, Chile, Earthquake, Disaster, British Red Cross

First Reported Feb 27 2010 - Updated Feb 28 2010 - 10 Documents

Int'l aid charities sending staff to Chile quake zone

1:47 pm TWN, AFP LONDON -- International aid charities based in Britain said Saturday they were rapidly sending staff to earthquake-hit Chile to help deal with the tremor's aftermath. Oxfam said it was sending a team of water engineers and logisticians ... [Published Feb 28 2010 by China Post]

Entities: Chile, Oxfam, Earthquake, Disaster, British Red Cross

First Reported Feb 25 2010 - Updated Feb 25 2010 - 2 Documents

Inclusive first aid scheme a success, says British Red Cross

The British Red Cross has helped thousands of disabled people develop first aid training since September 2006. ... [Published Feb 25 2010 by Charities Aid Foundation]

Entities: British Red Cross

Quotes

Sergeant Rebecca Williams of Cambridgeshire Police added, "This operation was a great opportunity to do some cross-border work. We know criminals move between our counties so it makes sense that we work together to tackle crime." Â© . All Rights Reserved

Ring Of Steel - Haverhill [Suffolk Constabulary - Mar 21 2010]

More Content

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Ring Of Steel - Haverhill [Suffolk Constabulary - Mar 21 2010]
Volunteering keeps me young [British Red Cross - Mar 19 2010]
Photos: World Water Day [British Red Cross - Mar 19 2010]
World TB Day: on the move against tuberculosis [British Red Cross - Mar 19 2010]
Family homeless after thatch fire [BBC - Mar 19 2010]
Responding to Haiti: some views from the aid world [ReliefWeb - Mar 18 2010]
East Africa: Preparedness for El Nino Floods Em... [ReliefWeb - Mar 18 2010]
East Africa: Preparedness for El Nino Floods Em... [ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Mar 18 2010]
Why spending Haiti aid money might be trickier ... [ReliefWeb - Mar 17 2010]
Promote your work to win board approval says Br... [PR Week UK - Mar 15 2010]
Rainbows For Haiti Committee Presents Cheque To... [Anguillian - Mar 15 2010]
Promote your work to achieve boardroom buy-in s... [Brand Republic - Mar 15 2010]
Public Engagement Grants 2010 - Applications Op... [Medical News Today - Mar 14 2010]
First aid education gets thumbs up [British Red Cross - Mar 12 2010]
'Thank you, Red Cross, for bringing back my dau... [British Red Cross - Mar 12 2010]
Lindsay Lohan auction to raise funds for Haiti [British Red Cross - Mar 12 2010]
Thank you Red Cross for returning my daughters [British Red Cross - Mar 11 2010]
Fidelity appoints director to Anthony Bolton's ... [What Investment - Mar 11 2010]
Government and third sector publish report on s... [Defra - Mar 10 2010]
CFDG manifesto asks for level playing field [Charity Times - Mar 08 2010]
Kyrgyz women hope for equality [BBC - Mar 08 2010]
Toddler eyes 'burnt by detergent' [National Library for Health NHS - Mar 05 2010]
Lenten images [ChurchTimes - Mar 05 2010]
Global education is key to reducing apathy, stu... [Ekklesia - Mar 04 2010]
Chile quake takes out vital infrastructure [New Civil Engineer - Mar 04 2010]
Devastating quake strikes Chile - tsunami warni... [Asian Tribune - Mar 03 2010]
Chile earthquake response steps up [British Red Cross - Mar 03 2010]
Red Cross bans cons from work [Scottish Sun - Mar 02 2010]
British Red Cross joins Chile earthquake aid ef... [Charities Aid Foundation - Mar 02 2010]
British Red Cross drops tribunal costs claim [Personnel Today - Mar 02 2010]

Blogs

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Please don’t forget Haiti [Harry's Place - Feb 04 2010] This heartbreaking photo in The Telegraph reminds us that the plight of Haitians is not over even though the country’s disaster may have slipped further down the ...
Donations to Haitians [Harry's Place - Jan 18 2010] On Assignment: Prayers in the Dark, a photo-essay by New York Times photographer Damon Winter documents the unimaginable suffering of the survivors of the Haitian ...
Online scammers try to hijack Haiti donation ba... [Ars Technica - Jan 14 2010] News of the this week's devastating earthquakes in Haiti spread quickly across the Internet as people looked for ways to help in the recovery ...
How the government buys the silence of charities [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Nov 15 2009] Once, enlightened liberals stood up for the rights of prisoners. Now they have taken the state's shillingJournalists pray for disasters for the same reason that ...