Disaster Response (Page 64)

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.  Turkey: Syrians who fled conflict at home and took shelter in neighbouring countries such as Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, have been liv...

With 2012 drawing to a close, we are all starting to look back and reflect on the year past. What did we resolve to do? What did we accomplish? All last year, we blogged about various topics – from the serious to the more quirky and light-he...

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. Philippines: On December 21, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies launched a revised emergency appe...

Today's photo of the day shows the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Evan. Evan made landfall in Samoa on December 13 as a category 3 tropical storm. Apia, which is the capital of Samoa, suffered from extensive flooding as well as widespread structural d...

Following the tragic events that transpired on Friday morning, the residents of Newtown, Connecticut are certainly in need of healing. To help in this process, a group of 10 golden retrievers travelled to Newtown with their owners as part of a la...

Timmins volunteer Frank Draper has served the Red Cross for 57 years, starting in 1955 after he served in the medical branch of the Air Force. He started volunteering as a First Aid instructor, then got involved in Disaster Management, served on ...

Caroline Belina of Montreal was deployed by the Canadian Red Cross to help those impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Pictured above in a red vest, Belina works alongside former New York Knicks basketball player John Wallace to unload relief supplies at a ...