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Photo of the Day: Helping families in West Africa

Posted March 16, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

In this photo, women with malnourished children receive a card that entitles them to receive food. They will get oil, sugar, salt and flour as well as supplements for the infant. Red Cross support is critical in helping families through the current ...

Food Friday: Some St. Patrick’s Day treats

Posted March 16, 2012 by Global Administrator

*Every Friday is all about food on Red Cross Talks – everything from Red Cross inspired recipes to emergency food tips and solutions  Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day, and for those of you who are celebrating, we hope you have a safe and merry day! ...

Photo of the Day: Inter-American Conference in Haiti

Posted March 15, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

Every day, we publish a photo to show the Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! A youth meeting at the Inter-American Conference in Montrouis, Haiti.  Participants met to discuss volun...

Building communities online and off: a new partnership with momstown

Posted March 15, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

I was with Red Cross Twitter Team member Ann Douglas at a social media event last year and she said to me: “There is someone here you must meet.” That someone was Ann Marie Burton from momstown.ca. And Ann was right – within just a few minutes of ...

Photo of the Day: Keeping kids healthy in Niger

Posted March 14, 2012 by Global Administrator

Today’s photo is courtesy of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Ninety percent of the children and 80 percent of the mothers coming to the Integrated Health Center in the village of Kofo are malnourished...

The Red Cross Round-up

Posted March 14, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. BOLIVIA: Heavy rains across Bolivia have caused massive damage to the homes of up to 12,000 families, leading the  Bolivian Red Cross to ac...

Photo of the Day: Giving thanks

Posted March 13, 2012 by Global Administrator

 Every day, we publish a photo to show the Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! Last year, the Halifax-based marketing agency Extreme Group came up with a great idea to support the Ca...

Photo of the Day: Women pick up the pieces in Côte d'Ivoire

Posted March 12, 2012 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

In February 2011, renewed fighting forced Amélie to flee her home in the Ivory Coast, along with her three children. She ended up in Liberia, like many people from her village. Being an adult, she could go without food for a day or two if she had to,...

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