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Posted October 16, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
*Guest blog by Emma Sturrock, Senior Officer, Emergency Response In 2012, 18 million people faced food insecurity in countries across the Sahel region of Africa, including Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal. This emergency may have gone unnoticed ...
Posted October 14, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
Reflecting on family tradition, guest blogger Kai Tao, a Red Cross volunteer in Ontario, shares one of his fondest memories of Thanksgiving. I spent most of my first 18 years of Thanksgiving long weekend in Canada being a member of an extended fam...
Posted October 11, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
It’s Food Friday and Red Crossers are swapping Thanksgiving recipes to help with your holiday dinner. If you have a large family like Joan Tierney from Red Cross headquarters in Ottawa, you might find it helpful to prepare some dishes in advance. ...
Gobble Gobble! Yep, it’s that time of year again. With Thanksgiving right around the corner, we thought we’d check in with what special plans Red Crossers have and what is on their menu for the holiday this Monday. One thing is for certain, Re...
Posted October 09, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
Guest entry by Common Cents Mom blogger Hollie Pollard It is Fire Safety Week, and every time I think of fire safety, I am taken back to that June night in Hamilton, Ontario, when a fast moving fire burned the thirty-unit complex that I lived next t...
The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.VIETNAM: Typhoon Wutip made landfall in Central Vietnam on the evening of September 30 as a category 1 typhoon, with sustained winds of 117 kph...
Posted October 08, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteers have come up with an innovative way to distribute aid in hard to access areas in Syria. Today’s photo of the day shows Mohammed using a horse and cart to deliver food parcels to affected families. Every day...
Posted October 02, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. MEXICO: Following the severe impact of Hurricanes Ingrid and Manuel, Mexican Red Cross volunteers and staff have continued responding, send...
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