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Food Friday: Can bacon cure nosebleeds?

Posted February 03, 2012 by Global Administrator

*Every Friday is all about food on Red Cross Talks – everything from Red Cross inspired recipes to emergency food tips and solutions.  If one thing is for certain: Canadians love bacon. Most Canadians would say the smell of bacon can cure just abo...

Photo of the Day: Malnutrition affecting Mauritania

Posted February 02, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Every day, we publish a photo to show Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know. This child in Mauritania was found to be malnourished during a food security assessment undertaken by the IF...

Tech Talk: Tracking disease through social media

Posted February 02, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

* Every week, Red Cross Tech Talk looks at different technology or social media tools that pertain to the work we do at the Red Cross. Have an idea? Please let us know! *Guest entry by Gina Holmes, Public Affairs team, Ottawa As most of us know, s...

Photo of the Day: Volunteers sport new look

Posted February 01, 2012 by Global Administrator

Every day, we publish a photo to show Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know. It's not your typical fashion accessory, but the Red Cross vest recently underwent a bit of a redesign and mem...

The Red Cross Round-up

Posted February 01, 2012 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.FIJI: Severe flooding and landslides caused by constant heavy rains in the northern and western division of Fiji’s  largest island of Viti Levu...

Cairo’s children: A message to the world

Posted January 31, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

*Guest entry by Gina Holmes, Public Affairs team, Ottawa With the help of the Egyptian Red Crescent Society, students and youth of Cairo have been educated on climate change and have learned the importance of disaster risk reduction. The studen...

Tech Talk: Fire, camera, action

Posted January 30, 2012 by Global Administrator

* Every week, Red Cross Tech Talk looks at different technology or social media tools that pertain to the work we do at the Red Cross. Have an idea? Please let us know! Novascotiawebcams.com has about 50 cams pointed at various spots throughout Nova ...

Photo of the Day: Reconnecting families from the Ivory Coast

Posted January 30, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Every day, we publish a photo to show Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know. This photo was taken at the Bahn refugee camp, south-eastern Liberia. The camp was established to help famil...

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