Posted November 05, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger
We are always thrilled when new volunteers sign up but we were especially excited with some of our most recent recruits in Saskatchewan. There are Red Cross disaster volunteers across the entire country who help ensure assistance is quickly ma...
Posted November 05, 2013 by Global Administrator
Photos courtesy of ICRC Families in Syria have been affected by the ongoing conflict that has lasted almost three years. These photos depict families in Aleppo where millions of Syrians struggle to live after essential government services includin...
Posted November 04, 2013 by Global Administrator
In 2009, Margo saw an article in a newsletter about their local Red Cross branch in Port Perry, Ontario, looking for volunteers. In under a month, both she and her husband, Ken, had signed up and were trained to respond to small disasters such as...
Posted November 01, 2013 by Global Administrator
The 2013 World Disasters Report offers a good study of crowdsourcing and the role of digital volunteers in emergencies. Many Red Cross societies around the world are exploring how they can crowdsource and communicate information through social med...
Posted October 30, 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. UGANDA: The Ssese Islands in the heart of Uganda’s Lake Victoria are a hidden gem, a stunning collection of lush landscapes and abundant wi...
Posted October 29, 2013 by Global Administrator
This past spring, a new award was officially launched by the Canadian Red Cross, in honour of Kroum Pindoff, a compassionate humanitarian and long-time supporter of the work of the Canadian Red Cross around the world. Over the years, Kroum Pin...
We are inviting Canadian Red Cross friends and supporters to join the Red Cross Red Crescent Thunderclap campaign for Syria, to bring attention to the on-going humanitarian crisis and to call on all parties in the conflict to respect and protect volu...
Posted October 28, 2013 by Global Administrator
In its third year, the fighting in Syria is growing increasingly intense and the humanitarian crisis is rapidly growing. Millions are internally displaced in Syria and even more are without access to food, medical supplies and services. Families,...
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