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Photo of the Day: Flooding in Cambodia

*Guest blog by Michael Tomascik, Public Affairs team, OttawaEvery day, we publish a photo to show Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know!In this photo, a girl sits in a bucket as her sister...

Whimsical webs

*Guest blog by Michael Tomascik, Public Affairs team, Ottawa[slideshow]As a result of massive flooding that hit Pakistan last year; millions of spiders were forced to seek refuge in the few outlying trees. Moreover, with the flood waters slow to rece...

Helping those affected by the earthquake in Turkey

[slideshow] The Turkish Red Crescent responded immediately to the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey earlier this week. Throughout the region they have mobilized teams of disaster responders and supplies including over 2,000 tents, 7,500 ...

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.HAITI: An independent evaluation into the IFRC beneficiary communications program in Haiti has shown just how critical information is to people...

Let's talk about food: Blog Action Day 2011

Today is Blog Action Day 2011, a day when bloggers around the world are encouraged to blog about one particular theme. This year’s theme is ‘food.’ For many reasons, this is a topic dear to our Red Cross heart and so we wanted to participate. 

Meet the Canadian Red Cross Twitter Team

If you are on Twitter, then chances are you have recently seen messages about the need for aid in Africa coming from members of the new Canadian Red Cross Twitter Team. The Twitter Team is made up of a group of Twitter users who, over the last...

Last week for matching donations to Horn of Africa

Earlier this summer, many of us first heard news of a severe drought in the Horn of Africa that led to food shortages. With millions  at risk of malnutrition and starvation (many of them children), the United Nations declared the crisis in Somalia a ...

Remembering 9/11: a Red Cross perspective

As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the Canadian Red Cross has been getting quite a few requests from media looking toconnect with staff or volunteers who helped respond to this incredible event. The Canadian Red Cross sent many volunteers (1...

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