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International Youth Day: We need your voice

Today is International Youth Day! To celebrate, the Red Cross Red Crescent has launched the Your Voice campaign. Starting today until the end of September, people around the world can express their hopes, visions and aspirations for the future throug...

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...

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. INDONESIA: One month after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Aceh Province, the Red Cross continues to support affected communities. Follow...

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. ZIMBABWE: As millions of Zimbabweans head to vote in the presidential election today, more than 1,000 local Red Cross volunteers trained in...

Photo of the Day: Egyptian Red Crescent deploys first aid teams

Since the escalation of violence in Egypt, 18 emergency and first aid teams from the Egyptian Red Crescent Society have been deployed to provide first aid services around Tahrir Square, Rab'a al-Adaweya Square, al Itihadiyah Palace, Cairo University ...

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...

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. CHINA: The Red Cross Society of China is responding to the needs of thousands of people affected by the 6.6-magnitude earthquake that struc...

Photo of the Day: Canadian Red Cross visits refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon

In early July, Conrad Sauvé, Secretary General and CEO of the Canadian Red Cross and Hossam Elsharkawi, Director of Emergencies and Recovery, International Operations at the Canadian Red Cross, visited refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon where th...

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