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I Know Where I’m Going is a moving short film featuring a staff member from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Hussein Saleh, who is from Yemen, a country affected by conflict. In the 10-minute document...

It has been three years since a devastating earthquake hit Haiti where the Red Cross continues to support communities. To date, the Red Cross has assisted more than 5 million earthquake survivors and more than 14,400 tons of aid from the Red Cross ha...

Thousands of people have been displaced across Tasmania, in Australia as a result of a number of devastating bushfires. More than 250 homes and buildings have been destroyed, including a school, and dozens of people are still unaccounted for. Aus...

The Red Cross is responding to a 7.4 earthquake that struck off the coast of Guatemala earlier today. Currently, Guatemalan Red Cross volunteers are assisting with assessments, pre-hospital care, search and rescue operations, and psychosocial ...

[slideshow] The American Red Cross is in the midst of a major relief operation in response to Hurricane Sandy. The severe storm has affected millions of people and caused power outages, flooding and other damage along the eastern seaboard this week....

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. VIETNAM: With the experience of enduring continuous disasters year after year, the Red Cross Societies of the Philippines and Viet Nam inst...

[slideshow] This week Red Cross aid workers from across the country are meeting in Ontario for an intensive training exercise. Each of the 35 aid workers  - delegates as they are known in the Red Cross movement - are part of a larger roster of spe...

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. THAILAND: Floods are not unique for Thailand. But in 2011, the floods were considered some of the worst in the country’s history. One year ...