Red Cross Talks (Page 161)

It's the season for apples and pumpkins, and Red Crossers are sharing some of their favourite seasonal recipes, which are fun for the family.Michelle Wallis, from the Fund Development team in Ontario, says come this time of year, her family roasts th...

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. NIGERIA: Following the 2012 floods response, which was carried out with the support of the IFRC, the National Society is now better prepare...

*Guest blog by Emma Sturrock, Senior Officer, Emergency Response In 2012, 18 million people faced food insecurity in countries across the Sahel region of Africa, including Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal. This emergency may have gone unnoticed ...

Reflecting on family tradition, guest blogger Kai Tao, a Red Cross volunteer in Ontario, shares one of his fondest memories of Thanksgiving. I spent most of my first 18 years of Thanksgiving long weekend in Canada being a member of an extended fam...

It’s Food Friday and Red Crossers are swapping Thanksgiving recipes to help with your holiday dinner. If you have a large family like Joan Tierney from Red Cross headquarters in Ottawa, you might find it helpful to prepare some dishes in advance. ...

Gobble Gobble!  Yep, it’s that time of year again. With Thanksgiving right around the corner, we thought we’d check in with what special plans Red Crossers have and what is on their menu for the holiday this Monday. One thing is for certain, Re...

Guest entry by Common Cents Mom blogger Hollie Pollard It is Fire Safety Week, and every time I think of fire safety, I am taken back to that June night in Hamilton, Ontario, when a fast moving fire burned the thirty-unit complex that I lived next t...

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.VIETNAM: Typhoon Wutip made landfall in Central Vietnam on the evening of September 30 as a category 1 typhoon, with sustained winds of 117 kph...