Home - Canadian Red Cross Blog (Page 225)

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...

Recently, Twitter announced a new 'Alerts' program that allows local, national, and international agencies like emergency management officials, law enforcement, public safety agencies and organizations that provide emergency relief such as the Red Cr...

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...

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...

There is no national emergency number like 911 in Kenya and no national disaster plan. Emergency services are notoriously unresponsive and slow to react. Instead, organizations like the Kenya Red Cross use social media to spread information and coord...