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Dispatch from Namibia: Helping communities recover from flooding

Guest post by Chiran Livera, international Red Cross aid worker Namibia is a large country affected by a strange mix of disasters: both droughts and floods. Earlier this year, floods affected the north eastern part of the country, where it borders...

Buckles is on the move again!

if you ever see an oversized lifejacket walking around your community, you'll know Buckles is in town! Buckles is the Canadian Red Cross mascot for water safety. He gets around the country quite a bit too. He's been to Timmins, ON; last summer...

Dispatch from Africa: A goat, a chicken and a dance party

Guest post by Tahina Rabezanahary, Program Manager for Africa, Canadian Red Cross In recent months, I travelled to Mali, Liberia and Kenya to visit Canadian Red Cross Maternal, Newborn and Child health projects. Most of my visits consisted of meet...

Through the Lens: Photo essay of Moose Cree First Nation

This photo essay is a collection of images taken by Toronto-based freelance photographer Johan Hallberg-Campbell during his recent deployments with the Red Cross to Moose Cree First Nation – a remote community off the James Bay coast in Northern ...

Introducing the Disaster preparedness calculator app

Are you prepared for a disaster? Not sure? Well, there’s an app for that! Check out our new disaster preparedness calculator app created with the support of the Red Cross’ leading corporate partner, Walmart. Using this Facebook app is easy: jus...

Australian Red Cross encourages First Aid training with a paperclip

What would it take for you to learn first aid? This funny video from the Australian Red Cross demonstrates the importance of safety in the workplace and the difference proper first aid training can make. The Canadian Red Cross offers fir...

Food Friday: Klik with Bunnuck in Moose Cree

Pepperoni pizza. Club house sandwich. BLT. Chili. Salad wrap. All sounds like pretty good food, right? Now, instead of using regular meat or tofu in those dishes, just add Klik. Klik? What’s that, you say? Well, think of it like SPAM’s sister, or the Canadian version of SPAM.

Building community resilience in South Sudan

[slideshow] As part of the Canadian Red Cross' 3 year Building Resilience Project that focuses on sustainable agriculture, nutrition, risk mitigation, water and sanitation and vocational training a group of men and women from South Sudan were traine...

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