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Canadian Red Cross Personal Disaster Assistance Team in Steinbach Ready to Respond
- The Canadian Red Cross personal disaster assistance team (PDAT) in Steinbach is active and ready to respond to personal disasters in Steinbach and surrounding area.
Wildfires 2019
- Little Grand Rapids First Nation and Pauingassi First Nation were evacuated to Winnipeg in July 2019 due to wildfires in their communities.
Canadian Red Cross Supports Priority One Evacuations Due to Wildfire Smoke
- The Canadian Red Cross is supporting the evacuation of priority one residents from Little Grand Rapids and Pauingassi First Nations due to wildfire smoke in the communities.
Improving outcomes for mothers and babies after Cyclone Idai
- Fatima Olympia is a nurse with advanced training at Nhamatanda District Hospital in the labour and delivery ward. When Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique, it brought destruction across the area, including to the hospital. In response, the Canadian Red Cross, with the support of the Finnish Red Cross, set up an emergency hospital in Nhamatanda to support the District Hospital. With about 300 babies born a month, here is how we're improving outcomes for mothers and babies.
2019 Red Cross Humanitarians of the Year for Manitoba Announced
- The Canadian Red Cross is pleased to announce Senator Murray Sinclair has been selected as the 2019 Canadian Red Cross Humanitarian of the Year for Manitoba and Cameron Adams of Gimli is the 2019 Canadian Red Cross Young Humanitarian Award for Manitoba.
Helping Canadians respond to Mental Health Emergencies
- The Red Cross Psychological First Aid course is a resiliency-building wellness program that prepares individuals to support themselves and others in coping with the effects of stress, loss, trauma and grief.
Leadership training for northern Manitoba youth
- As part of the ongoing collaborative relationship between the Canadian Red Cross and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, the two organizations worked together to make the Northern Youth Leadership Conference a reality.
Meet a logistics aid worker at the field hospital in Mozambique
- Getting a field hospital from Canada to Nhamatanda in Mozambique on the east coast of Africa is no simple task. Few people understand this challenge better than Garth Tohms, a Canadian Red Cross logistics aid worker.
How one volunteer is helping in her community and across Canada
- Louise Carson is an Emergency Management volunteer in New Brunswick. She lives in Saint John and is retired with one grandchild who was born this summer. Volunteering is both her hobby and her passion, and she volunteers with various organizations in her community.
Canadian Red Cross seeks Humanitarian of the Year Award Nominees
- The Canadian Red Cross has opened the call for nominations for its annual Manitoba Humanitarians of the Year Awards.
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