In times of crisis and disasters, it is always better to be safe than to be sorry. Consider a three-day or two-week stock of water and food supplies at home, spare batteries, a first-aid kit, essential medications, cell phone chargers, extra money and lamps.
Red Cross delivered much needed supplies to war-torn Syrian towns of Madaya, Kefraya and Fuaa. After resorting to boiling soup made of grass and eating pet cats, the war-torn Syrian refugees will finally receive much needed food and other supplies.
Following the massive earthquake that stuck Haiti in 2010, a new report from ProPublica and NPR revealed that the American Red Cross (ARC) has only managed to build six permanent homes with the $500 million in donations that they raised towards the Haiti relief effort.
Red Cross worker killed in rebel-held Ukraine town from shells A Red Cross worker in Ukraine was killed Thursday after mortar shells hit near the office in the rebel-held city of Donetsk, the Associated Press reported.