Red Cross Talks (Page 173)

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. NIGERIA: In Late August, Nigeria experienced the worst flooding in 40 years. At the height of the crisis, rising waters drove more than 2 m...

*Photos by Johan Hallberg-Campbell Last week, the Canadian Red Cross opened a satellite office in Moose Cree First Nation, located near Moosonee on the coast of James Bay. This is the first Red Cross office in a First Nation community in Ontario a...

Today is World Toilet Day. While toilets are not the easiest topic to discuss, 2.5 billion people worldwide – invariably the poor, underprivileged and disenfranchised – lack access to adequate sanitation, making this something we need to talk abo...

Guest entry by James Park, Assistant Communications Coordinator in BC  This Remembrance Day weekend marked the 28th year of our Global Issues Symposium for Youth, a four-day camp run by the Canadian Red Cross’ Humanitarian Issues Promotion. At our...

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. SYRIA: Concern is growing for over 3 million people affected by the conflict in Syria as winter approaches in a region where temperatures c...

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...

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,...