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Photo of the Day: Women pick up the pieces in Côte d'Ivoire

In February 2011, renewed fighting forced Amélie to flee her home in the Ivory Coast, along with her three children. She ended up in Liberia, like many people from her village. Being an adult, she could go without food for a day or two if she had to,...

Thank you for supporting Red Cross operations in Japan

Today marks one year since a devastating earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan.  Thanks to your support, the Japanese Red Cross continues to help families recover and rebuild their lives. Watch this video to see tsunami survivors express their t...

Friendship topic albums from Japan

*Guest entry by Gina Holmes, Public Affairs team, Ottawa [slideshow] On behalf of the Japanese Red Cross, students from Seika Elementary School recently sent us beautiful homemade albums, called friendship topic albums, filled with colourful ha...

The Red Cross Round-up

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. SAHEL REGION: Although there is always a ‘hungry season’ between harvests in the Sahel, this year it has started much earlier than normal. ...

The Red Cross Round-up

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. NEW ZEALAND: Staff and volunteers from the New Zealand Red Cross took part in a variety of memorial events to mark the one year anniversary...

Red Crescent volunteers in Syria

For volunteers of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), restful weekends with family are a thing of the past. Instead, on days off, they are at the SARC’s crisis response unit or in ambulances retrieving sick or injured people in communities affected ...

The Red Cross Round-up

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. MADAGASCAR: On February 14, tropical cyclone Giovanna landed on the East coast of Madagascar.  The Malagasy Red Cross responded well before...

Photo of the Day: Using clay murals to send a message

Every day, we publish a photo to show the Red Cross at work accross the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know!  Unemployment dropped in recent months in the Gaza Strip but remains worryingly high at 28 percent. Man...

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