We shared dispatches from Red Crosser Jose Garcia-Lozano on our blog over the past few days as he travelled to typhoon-affected communities in the Philippines along with Conrad Sauvé, the Canadian Red Cross Secretary General. We also wanted to...

As the Canadian Red Cross team is busy making arrangements to set up its field hospital (ERU) in Tacloban, Philippines to provide health care for people affected by the typhoon, we wanted to share this update from Jose Garcia-Lozano, a Canadian Red C...

Today, delegates from the Canadian Red Cross were deployed with the Canadian Red Cross Emergency Response Unit (ERU) to provide health care to those affected by Typhoon Haiyan. The team of twelve Canadian medical and support staff will join deleg...

The Canadian Red Cross is working closely with the Philippine Red Cross to provide relief to the millions affected by Typhoon Haiyan which caused widespread damage including landslides and flooding. The Philippine Red Cross is supporting local...

This Remembrance Day we're remembering the Canadian Red Cross volunteers who helped with the Food Parcel Effort. Throughout World War II, over one million Canadian Red Cross volunteers helped with the food parcel effort by assembling, packaging and s...

The 2013 World Disasters Report offers a good study of crowdsourcing and the role of digital volunteers in emergencies. Many Red Cross societies around the world are exploring how they can crowdsource and communicate information through social med...

In its third year, the fighting in Syria is growing increasingly intense and the humanitarian crisis is rapidly growing. Millions are internally displaced in Syria and even more are without access to food, medical supplies and services. Families,...

While many families and individuals have been affected by the New South Wales Bushfires, the Australian Red Cross is lending lots of love and support to those in need. Hundreds of staff and volunteers are in evacuation centres across New South Wa...