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</div> <div class="main-content-header"> <h1> 1</h1> <p></p> </div> <div class="section top-bottom-padding"> <h2 class="h4 section-header"> <span>Latest Posts</span> </h2> <div class="section-body"> <div class="blog-post-listing left-right-padding"> <div class="blog-post with-thumbnail"> <div class="post-body"> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="/blog/2015/7/natasha-osmond-sharing-skills-with-new-friends-for-a-better-future">Natasha Osmond: sharing skills with new friends for a better future</a></h2> <p class="post-metadata"> Posted July 30, 2015 by <a href="/blog/author/talkredcrosstalk">Red Cross Talks</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-image-inline hide-for-medium-up"> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Natasha Osmond, a perioperative nurse from Halifax, recently returned from Dhunche, a rural community in Nepal, where she worked at the Red Cross <a href="/blog/2015/6/a-day-at-the-canadian-red-cross-field-hospital-in-nepal">field hospital</a>. On this, her first overseas assignment, Natasha was responsible for patient safety, legal aspects of nursing, and management of nursing activities related to surgery. </p> </div> </div> <div class="post-image hide-for-small-only"> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post with-thumbnail"> <div class="post-body"> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="/blog/2015/7/​smartstart-newcomers-give-back-through-safety-program">​SmartStart: Newcomers give back through safety program</a></h2> <p class="post-metadata"> Posted July 28, 2015 by <a href="/blog/author/talkredcrosstalk">Red Cross Talks</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-image-inline hide-for-medium-up"> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>According to Kassahun Shambo, an emigrant from Ethiopia, being a newcomer to Manitoba can be a frustrating experience. Shambo remembers walking with a friend, another newcomer to Canada, who slipped and injured himself on a patch of ice. The men didn’t know what to do, so they went to a local shopping mall and asked people where they could get medical help.</p> </div> </div> <div class="post-image hide-for-small-only"> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post with-thumbnail"> <div class="post-body"> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="/blog/2015/7/​resilience-in-recovery-three-months-since-the-nepal-earthquake">​Resilience in recovery: three months since the Nepal earthquake</a></h2> <p class="post-metadata"> Posted July 24, 2015 by <a href="/blog/author/talkredcrosstalk">Red Cross Talks</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-image-inline hide-for-medium-up"> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Today marks three months since the first of two earthquakes devastated Nepal. With more than 100 aftershocks, many people have lost their lives, homes and livelihoods. The earthquakes impacted 5.6 million Nepalese with more than 853,000 homes damaged or destroyed.</p> </div> </div> <div class="post-image hide-for-small-only"> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post with-thumbnail"> <div class="post-body"> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="/blog/2015/7/​finding-support-and-hospitality-away-from-home">​Finding support and hospitality away from home</a></h2> <p class="post-metadata"> Posted July 23, 2015 by <a href="/blog/author/talkredcrosstalk">Red Cross Talks</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-image-inline hide-for-medium-up"> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Gary Tinker did not know what to expect when he arrived at the Evraz shelter on July 1. He and his family had just spent nine hours on a bus ride from Pinehouse, Saskatchewan. Like the 1,500 residents from his community, he was given little time pack before leaving.</p> </div> </div> <div class="post-image hide-for-small-only"> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post with-thumbnail"> <div class="post-body"> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="/blog/2015/7/keeping-smiles-on-kids-faces-red-cross-volunteers-entertain-children-at-shelters-for-evacuated-peo">Keeping smiles on kids' faces: Red Cross volunteers entertain children at shelters for evacuated people</a></h2> <p class="post-metadata"> Posted July 21, 2015 by <a href="/blog/author/administrator">Global Administrator</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-image-inline hide-for-medium-up"> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Red Cross volunteer Fabrice Vanhoutte loves putting a smile on children’s faces. So, he has plenty of tricks up his sleeve for the young people in a Saskatoon shelter.<br /> <br /> “If I see a kid who is upset, I don’t necessarily go right up to them but I stay nearby and play my mouth organ or start showing a card trick,” says Vanhoutte.<br /> </p> </div> </div> <div class="post-image hide-for-small-only"> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post with-thumbnail"> <div class="post-body"> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="/blog/2015/7/going-home-an-exciting-day-for-evacuated-people">Going home: an exciting day for evacuated people</a></h2> <p class="post-metadata"> Posted July 20, 2015 by <a href="/blog/author/administrator">Global Administrator</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-image-inline hide-for-medium-up"> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>It’s an exciting time for some of the people evacuated by the Saskatchewan wildfires who get to return to their communities. There are plenty of smiles as they board buses on their way back home. Most have mentioned looking forward to sleeping in their own beds; others are excited to see their pets.</p> </div> </div> <div class="post-image hide-for-small-only"> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post with-thumbnail"> <div class="post-body"> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="/blog/2015/7/far-from-home-among-friends-red-cross-volunteers-come-from-across-canada-to-help-in-saskatchewan">Far from home among friends: Red Cross volunteers come from across Canada to help in Saskatchewan</a></h2> <p class="post-metadata"> Posted July 18, 2015 by <a href="/blog/author/administrator">Global Administrator</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-image-inline hide-for-medium-up"> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Lynn MacLeod didn’t worry when she volunteered to fly across the country to help people affected by the Saskatchewan wildfires. She knew that she was well-prepared.<br /> <br /> “I’m so happy for all of our Red Cross training! It means I can go anywhere in the country and know how to help,” says MacLeod, who is from Prince Edward Island.</p> </div> </div> <div class="post-image hide-for-small-only"> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post with-thumbnail"> <div class="post-body"> <div class="post-header"> <h2><a href="/blog/2015/7/training-first-nations-first-responders-in-b-c">Training First Nations first responders in B.C.</a></h2> <p class="post-metadata"> Posted July 16, 2015 by <a href="/blog/author/talkredcrosstalk">Red Cross Talks</a> </p> </div> <div class="post-image-inline hide-for-medium-up"> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Medical help can sometimes be far away if you’re living in rural and remote First Nations communities in British Columbia. In the past, getting on-call emergency assistance to people in need could be a major challenge. 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