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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.ITALY: Following a second major earthquake in northern Italy yesterday, the Italian Red Cross, in close cooperation with civil protection autho...

Red Crossers in Action: Delegate spotlight

Red Cross aid worker Eboukele Aka had his first overseas mission with the Red Cross two years ago in Afghanistan. A pharmacist by trade, Eboukele was based in Kandahar with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Working in a hospita...

Photo of the Day: Equipped to save lives

In this photo, medical and surgical staff taking part in delegate training this week are learning about the equipment available to them with the Canadian Red Cross Emergency Response Unit (ERU), also called a field hospital. With this equipment ...

Photo of the Day: Not your average lunch

*Guest entry by Gina Holmes, Public Affairs team, Ottawa A little over a year after the Japan earthquake, what appears to be a deserted school in Kawauchi has a lot of activity going on inside. Despite the fact that only 14 students have returned,...

ERU Training: Admin team grows by one

Guest entry by Gwen Eamer, National Office Media Advisor Red Crossers from across the country have gathered outside Toronto this week to train as Emergency Response Unit (ERU) delegates. Trainees have been put through a variety of high-stress simu...

Photo of the Day: Michaëlle Jean visits the Canadian Red Cross

Yesterday, UNESCO Special Envoy for Haiti , the right honourable Michaëlle Jean, C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D. joined Secretary General, Conrad Sauvé and other senior managers from the Canadian Red Cross for a meeting to discuss strategic matters rela...

Red Cross Round-up

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.BURKINA FASO: In Niaptana, Burkina Faso, the Burkinabe Red Cross Society has set up two women’s groups with community gardens where they grow v...

Dispatch from ERU training: How skilled workers prepare for emergencies

Guest entry by Gwen Eamer, National Office Media Advisor What do a plumber, electrician and orthotics fitter have in common? It might seem like the beginning of a bad joke, but in fact its the beginning of an exceptional team being trained by the ...

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