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When Robert Young visited a prison which held former child soldiers awaiting trial in a country ravaged by armed conflict, a particular moment struck a chord in him as he met a 16-year-old who, in a confessional sort of way,...
Greetings, armchair CSIs. This week, I want to speak about Homeland Security and Civil Defense, our collective responsibility to protect our people, and about volunteerism. We often expect government to provide us with all of...
Nov 22, 2009 (The Modesto Bee - As a Red Cross volunteer, she gets called out when people have lost their home to a fire. "It's very, very overwhelming for the family," said Calcote, who has responded to about 150 house fires...
The Benton-Franklin Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its sixth annual Turkey Trot beginning at 7:30 a.m. Thanksgiving morning. This event features a one- mile fun run/walk and a five- kilometer run held in...
Event benefits Red Cross, Animal Rescue League By Charlotte A. Graham, countyreporter@laurelleadercall.com Jones County residents and other Wal-Mart shoppers donated toys, canned goods, pet food and much more to the Pine Belt...
NAIROBI, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The 17th General Assembly of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has ended in Nairobi with the unanimous adoption of Strategy 2020 -- a plan that lays out the...
LivinginPeru.com Isabel Guerra The Danish former supermodel Helena Christensen, now a a photographer, documented the threat that global climate change is posing to the indigenous people of people of Peru (the native country of...
Abu Dhabi, Nov 22nd, 2009 (WAM)--The UAE holds an advanced position among donor countries and those supporting the developing countries and people affected by natural and other disasters, e.g. earthquakes, volcanoes and wars....
Red Cross Brings In Disaster Services POSTED: 6:30 pm EST November 21, 2009 ST. ALBANS, Vt. -- A fire that ripped through an apartment building in St. Albans displaced five families Friday. The fire started Friday afternoon in...
Hong Kong - Chinese army soldiers were accused Sunday of gamesmanship and muscling their way to victory in a Hong Kong charity 100-kilometre race. Two People's Liberation Army teams Friday took part in the Oxfam Trailwalker...
