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From Calgary to Cambodia: Putting First Aid training to work

Guest blog by Corrie Butler, Public Affairs volunteer When Jamie LeSueur took a First Aid course with the Canadian Red Cross, there was no way he could have known he would end up using those skills while interning in Cambodia. The Mount Royal U...

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.PHILIPPINES:  An outbreak of the deadly bacteria Leptospirosis has highlighted the dramatic and ongoing needs of the tens of thousands of peopl...

Photo of the Day: Helping families affected by Typhoon Washi

This photo was taken in Iligan City, where the Philippine Red Cross continues to help those whose homes and communities were devastated by Typhoon Washi. In evacuation centres, Red Cross volunteers supported a group of doctors to treat injuries f...

2011 blogging year-in-review

It's the New Year – an opportunity to look back at what we have shared on this blog this past year. All last year, we blogged about various topics - from the serious to the more quirky and light-hearted – to help you get to know better the wor...

Photo of the Day: Earthquake ready kids

Every 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! Seismologists say Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, could be vulnerable to a major earthquake in the coming years, with m...

The year in photo

This collection of photos chronicles the work of the Red Cross in Canada and around the world this past year. There are fun photos of volunteers and staff hard at work, pictures that tell a tale of destruction from tornadoes, flooding and earthquakes...

Photo of the Day: Providing first aid following Typhoon Washi

Every 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!  Today’s photo is courtesy of the International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). It was ...

Responding to Typhoon Washi

During the weekend, Typhoon Washi made landfall in the Philippines leaving behind a trail of devastation and affecting thousands of people.  The typhoon was followed by flash floods which have severely impacted coastal communities in the North. Ac...

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