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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is celebrating World Toilet Day (which by the way, is on November 19th, in case it wasn't already on your calendar) by hosting an interesting competition. Vote on what you think ar...

Guest entry by Matt O’Connor, Digital Communications Coordinator in Calgary This is what it looks like outside the Calgary Red Cross office today. It seems that the wintery weather stretches all the way from the American East coast to Alberta. Cal...

For all the fun we have at the Canadian Red Cross showing Canadians how to make scrumptious meals with non-perishables and no power, we seem to have forgotten to make disaster dining delicious for disaster responders themselves. 

Lisa Landry is an experienced Canadian Red Cross disaster response volunteer from Nova Scotia who is currently in New York to support American Red Cross operations. She recently sent us this dispatch from her deployment which offers a glimpse of what...

Communities affected by Hurricane Sandy are devising ingenious ways to help each other recover from the storm that has left thousands without power and struggling to return to their normal routines.  The New York tech community has come together...

Pictured above the Guatemalan Red Cross assesses damage after a 7.4 earthquake hit yesterday, affecting an estimated 17,000 people. Guatemalan Red Cross volunteers are assisting with assessments, pre-hospital care, search and rescue operations, and p...

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. CUBA: As Hurricane Sandy battered Cuba, many community volunteers from the Cuban Red Cross were not only in the front line of the response,...