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Photo of the Day: Making an IMPACT

[slideshow] For today’s Photo of the Day, I’m sharing a slideshow to introduce you to the newest batch of Canadian Red Cross delegates. Delegates are highly trained professionals who are deployed internationally on behalf of the Canadian Red Cross...

Photo of the Day: Celebrating National Volunteer Week with the Governor General

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! Several members of the Canadian Red Cross’ national Volunteer Resources team recently had the opportunity t...

Why are these Red Crossers blindfolded?

This week, the Canadian Red Cross is holding an intensive training course for specialists who have been recently been accepted for work as international aid workers for the Red Cross. The training, called IMPACT -- short for International Mobilizatio...

Photo of the Day: Red Cross Outpost Hospital in Bamfield, BC

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!This picture dates back from the early 1920's, when the Red Cross in the British Empire started rolling out ...

Photo of the Day: Maintaining medical equipment for children

Guest blog by James Park, Red Cross Public Affairs assistant in BCEvery 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! Growing up can be difficult. This is esp...

Violence in disasters

Violence during and after disasters not only causes injury, trauma and death, but also undermines hope, trust and self-worth in individuals and communities. The Canadian Red Cross is working to change this. Predictable, Preventable, a report by...

World TB Day: Simple solutions to not-so-simple problems

Guest blog by Gwen Eamer, Media Advisor in Ottawa When you think about a ‘healthcare innovation’, what comes to mind? Whirring machines and hundred-dollar bills flying out the window? Sometimes, the simplest ideas can have the biggest impact. Tube...

World Water Day: How would your life be different without enough water?

Guest blog by Gwen Eamer, Media Advisor in Ottawa Did you know that 780 million people today don’t have access to a safe and reliable water supply? Consider the lost potential in this: 71% of households in Sub-Saharan Africa rely on women and girl...

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