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The Red Cross welcomes a new National Society!

On July 9, as South Sudan declared their independence from the north, a new National Society was born. Headquartered in Juba, the South Sudan Red Cross will be formed of staff and volunteers who previously worked for the Sudanese Red Crescent Soci...

Photo Tuesday - Royal wrap-up

Every Tuesday, 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![slideshow]Canadians were on royal watch last week and Red Crossers were no exception. You may have read abo...

Japan - Select a drink and donate

*We heard about this on the Wall Street Journal and Japan Trends blogs, and it was too good not to share. Here you go!I have heard many stories from friends who were amazed by the amount of vending machines they saw while travelling in Japan. The cou...

Food Friday – Cookies for a cause

*Every Friday is all about food on Red Cross Talks – everything from Red Cross inspired recipes to emergency food tips and solutions. Everybody loves cookies. So when Elaine Sponagle and four of her friends from Pictou county in Nova Scotia heard ...

Red Crossers take in royal visit to Slave Lake

[slideshow]Guest blog by Leila Daoud, Alberta Public AffairsJean MacNeil from Antigonish, Nova Scotia is, in many respects, a typical royal watcher. A grandmother with eight children and many grandchildren, Jean has the latest tea towels commemoratin...

That’s a big Red Cross

When most youth go to summer camp they go canoeing, make crafts, sing songs around a campfire. Yesterday, 2650 Finnish summer campers did something different: they made a mark by creating the world’s largest human Red Cross. The cross was create...

Giving life, Haiti and small miracles

*Guest blog by Sophie Chavanel, Senior Communications Coordinator, Canadian Red Cross, Haiti "This week I really had a great experience. I helped a woman give birth in a Canadian Red Cross vehicle,” said Cyril Stein, coordinator of operations for ...

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. VIETNAM: The Red Cross has been piloting a hygiene education program that uses puppets, games, exercises and role-playing to encourage prim...

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