Tag: Red Cross

Absent Help From Authorities, Locals Take Relief Work Into Their Own Hands in Flood-Hit Central China

July 26, 2021
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Two days and two nights. That was how long it took for some more than 400 villagers in a flooded Chinese town to raise the walls of a dam to protect their homes from rising waters. It took but a few hours for the officials to tear it down. When the villagers protested, the authorities…

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Red Cross Continues its Call for Blood Donations

January 14, 2021
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The American Red Cross is urging healthy donors to give blood as it grapples with a supply shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. “There’s always a shortage of blood, but [the pandemic] just heightened what we need now,” Cornell Foster, a mobile operator for the American Red Cross, told The Epoch Times. “The hospitals still need to run, and…

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Australian Red Cross Calls for Blood Donations Over Christmas

December 21, 2020
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Australians are being called to support the national blood bank, which Red Cross says is facing significant shortages this Christmas period. According to the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Australian blood stocks require an additional 6,800 blood donations between Christmas and New Year to avoid a national shortage over the festive season. “It can be a…

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