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"Infrastructure is material (roads, pipes, sewers, and grids); it is social (institutions, economic systems, and media forms); and it is philosophical (intellectual trajectories: dreamt up by human ingenuity and nailed down in concrete forms). Infrastructure has a capaciousness and scope that makes it both an infinitely useful concept and a concept that is open to facile misinterpretation or to being encumbered by overuse."

Infrastructure as paradox

• Infrastructures, paradoxically, both mitigate and magnify precarity in the Anthropocene.

• The overtly human-centered orientation of infrastructure led us to our third paradox: the purpose of infrastructure is to mitigate risk, yet it also introduces new risks. 

American Red Cross is an organization aim to provide help and care to those in need. For example, supporting for disaster, blood donation and so on. There are sever main areas within, the Disaster relief, America’s Military Families supporting, lifesaving blood, health and safety services and International services.

America Red Cross is funded by donation and government will offer support. People can donate online such as monthly donation and dedicate as gift to someone. As well as donate by Mail, by calling and text.

The American Red Cross has about 900 branches, and each club has duly authorized by national council. The chairman of the clubs have authority of deciding the most important programs and services. The annual budget will be allocated by National Associations to each club. There are lots of volunteers, doctors and nurse work for this organization.

American Red Cross target to people who suffer from disaster, America’s military families, people who donate blood, people who want to have education and training of health & emergency, and also international communities, such as vaccinate children against measles and families separated by war.

Yes. Licensed Training Providers is offer by Red Cross (LTP). It offer training course for companies, organizations and individuals. There are different areas training programs such as First Aid, AED, Certified Nurse Assistant Training and so on.

America Red Cross is a big rescue organization and it offers a wide services area. It has a good reputation by the public, but also there is some news about the public trust.

The Red Cross strives to help those in need in a time of a disaster, whether it be blood drives, supply, drives or personell. 

The Red Cross was started during the Civil War to provide care to wounded soldiers. 

The Red Cross has chapters scattered across the United States and also provide care to international disasters.