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Photo of the Day: Happy World Red Cross Day!

Today is World Red Cross Day! To capture the work of Red Cross volunteers around the world, our post today features a picture that was submitted by the Ukrainian Red Cross to the Federation’s photo project which exhibits the experiences of Red Cross ...

Front-line footage depicts the dangerous duties of Red Cross workers

*Guest entry by Gina Holmes, Public Affairs team, Ottawa As part of a campaign to end violence against health workers, facilities and patients, the ICRC put together a documentary that portrays the dangerous situations that countless people encoun...

Photo of the Day: Orange cat and the fanny pack

Every day, we publish a photo to show the Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! It's Emergency Preparedness Week and we're happy to see Orange Cat has its first aid fanny pack! Orange ...

Emergency Preparedness Week is coming - time to save your fanny!

If you follow this blog often enough, you know that Red Crossers love all things having to do with first aid and disaster preparedness. Well, now we’ve found a way that we can all wear our love for safety – a fanny pack! That’s right! Fanny packs. ...

Photo of the Day: The drive for universal bed-net coverage in Cross River State, Nigeria

Every day, we publish a photo to show the Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! A team of volunteers from the Nigerian Red Cross is going door-to-door in Ugep, Nigeria to distribute and ...

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.RWANDA: The Rwandan Red Cross Society is currently assisting displaced people in flood-affected areas of the country.  Recent heavy rain has af...

Photo of the Day: Helping families to be ready

Next week is Emergency Preparedness Week – an awareness week to encourage Canadians to be prepared for disasters where they live. Since we’re super keeners (it’s never too early to be prepared!), we’re getting a jump start by hosting emergency p...

Photo of the Day: Opening the door to new volunteers

The Canadian Red Cross in Nova Scotia recently hosted open houses at all its offices across the province. It was an opportunity for members of the public to meet Red Crossers and learn more about volunteer opportunities within the various Red Cross...

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