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Photo of the Day: Hope to return home

Posted April 04, 2013 by Global Administrator

As conflict in northern Mali has forced people from their homes, 600 people reside in a camp in Sévaré, a town in the region of Mopti. Thirty tents provided by the Mali Red Cross are now home to 70 families.  The crisis in northern Mali has displ...

Tech Talk: The future of First Aid may be in your phone

Posted April 03, 2013 by Global Administrator

As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the mobile phone, it is really amazing to think about all of the innovation in mobile phone technology and how it impacts our health, provides life-saving information, and provides information in a disaster or ...

The Red Cross Round-up

Posted April 03, 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. MYANMAR: On March 20, inter-communal violence erupted in the town of Meiktila, around 150 km south of Mandalay in central Myanmar. Hundreds...

Photo of the Day: Promoting hygiene, by bike!

Posted April 02, 2013 by Global Administrator

Around the world, Red Crossers use many different means of transport and even technology to reach people to spread important prevention information. We love this photo of Zimbabwe Red Cross hygiene promotion volunteer Tizai Miidzo on his bicyc...

Head of Syrian Arab Red Crescent in Canada to share update on humanitarian situation

Posted March 28, 2013 by Global Administrator

This week, the Canadian Red Cross welcomed the president of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) in Ottawa. Dr. Abdul Rahman Attar met with Red Cross staff and partners to provide an update on the humanitarian crisis in Syria and to ask for additi...

The Red Cross Round-up

Posted March 27, 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. NAMIBIA: In northern Namibia water levels in the Zambezi river basin have reached record highs that are normally only seen in April. With more...

Fashion Week: Styles from the Red Cross Carpet

Posted March 27, 2013 by Global Administrator

Snow melting and the sun peeking out from behind the clouds can only mean one thing in Canada: Fashion Weeks are starting across the country. While we can’t begin to understand why Canadian fashion designers are debuting their Fall/Winter lines w...

Photo of the Day: B.C. proclaims March is Red Cross Month

Posted March 26, 2013 by Global Administrator

The province of British Columbia has officially proclaimed March as Red Cross Month. The Lieutenant Governor of B.C., the Honourable Judith Guichon, made the proclamation, recognizing the Canadian Red Cross as a reflection of the Canadian spirit ...

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