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Front-line footage depicts the dangerous duties of Red Cross workers

Posted May 07, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

*Guest entry by Gina Holmes, Public Affairs team, Ottawa As part of a campaign to end violence against health workers, facilities and patients, the ICRC put together a documentary that portrays the dangerous situations that countless people encoun...

Photo of the Day: Orange cat and the fanny pack

Posted May 07, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Every day, we publish a photo to show the Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! It's Emergency Preparedness Week and we're happy to see Orange Cat has its first aid fanny pack! Orange ...

Emergency Preparedness Week is coming - time to save your fanny!

Posted May 04, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

If you follow this blog often enough, you know that Red Crossers love all things having to do with first aid and disaster preparedness. Well, now we’ve found a way that we can all wear our love for safety – a fanny pack! That’s right! Fanny packs. ...

Photo of the Day: The drive for universal bed-net coverage in Cross River State, Nigeria

Posted May 03, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Every day, we publish a photo to show the Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! A team of volunteers from the Nigerian Red Cross is going door-to-door in Ugep, Nigeria to distribute and ...

The Red Cross Round-up

Posted May 02, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.RWANDA: The Rwandan Red Cross Society is currently assisting displaced people in flood-affected areas of the country.  Recent heavy rain has af...

Paying it forward with pay phones in Mexico

Posted April 30, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Guest blog by Gwen Eamer, National Office Media AdvisorCanada has over 100,000 public payphones, but with mobile phones becoming near-universal, many public booths are going the way of the Dodo. The Mexican Red Cross has come up with the perfect solu...

Photo of the Day: Healthcare in danger

Posted April 27, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

This photo was taken earlier this week at the Healthcare in Danger Symposium in London. The meeting was the first of its kind to bring policymakers, academics, medics and civil society together to focus on the global problem of violent threats to...

How to decorate your home – the Red Cross way

Posted April 27, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

[slideshow] There’s no question that many of us who work at the Red Cross bring our work home with us – you never do know when a disaster will happen. But, since joining Pinterest a few weeks ago, I’ve realized that many people literally bring the...

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