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The Red Cross Round-up

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. Mali: After the outbreak of the conflict in northern Mali, thousands of people were displaced within the country while others sought re...

Be prepared: Flooding can happen faster than you think

Springtime is almost here and that means we may experience flooding in some regions. We wanted to share this story from a family in British Columbia who experienced a devastating flood first hand and how they recovered. If it wasn’t for Si...

Photo of the Day: New Training Centre in Nova Scotia

The Canadian Red Cross office in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia was buzzing this morning after Premier Dexter announced that the province is contributing $800,000 to a new training facility for volunteers. The centre of excellence for disaster management...

Japan Photo Gallery: Two years on

Two years have passed since the lives of hundreds of thousands of people were suddenly changed forever.  On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake followed by a tsunami and nuclear accident devastated Japan. In an instant, people lost everything - ...

Photo of the Day: Moose Cree First Nation Prepare for "Be Ready"

Left to right: Serenna Besserer, Tony Hearn, Jen Duke Holmes, Sarah Marsden, Mahogany McGuire Canadian Red Cross staff and volunteers traveled to Moose Cree First Nation to research information to create “Be Ready”. Be Ready is a new personal prepar...

Warm welcome in Newfoundland

Hossam Elsharkawi from the Canadian Red Cross International Operations team was in Newfoundland this past week to give presentations to local Red Cross volunteers, the Rotary Club and students and professors with the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial U...

Tech Talk: Rethinking the map to predict pandemics

Spring break is rapidly approaching in many provinces, and for some families, that means air travel. Visions of sand, surf and sun abound, but what are you inadvertently bringing home from vacation? Scientists who study epidemics have long known t...

Photo of the Day: Volunteers respond to storms and floods in Madagascar

Today’s photo shows how the Malagasy Red Cross Society is responding to tropical cyclone Haruna, which slammed into the southwest coast of Madagascar on February 22. The storm brought heavy rains and winds of over 170 kilometers per hour and cras...

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