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Ready Goose says: Be Ready...Honk!

Posted July 29, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

I recently visited the Moose Cree First Nation in Northern Ontario off the James Bay coast for the launch of the Red Cross Be Ready program. Be Ready aims to help the community prepare for disasters specific to the community. It also has its own spec...

Food Friday: Klik with Bunnuck in Moose Cree

Posted July 26, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

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

Posted July 25, 2013 by Global Administrator

[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...

Photo of the Day: Red Cross ready in Moose Cree

Posted July 25, 2013 by Red Cross Talks - Red Cross blogger

The Red Cross in Moose Cree First Nation in Northern Ontario off the James Bay coast is teaching the community to Be Ready for disasters.The Red Cross is participating in the Gathering of Our People, an annual festival celebrating First Nations cul...

Video: Volunteers share their experience from the Alberta flood response

Posted July 24, 2013 by Global Administrator

Canadian Red Cross volunteers have been working in communities affected by flooding since the response began more than four weeks ago. In this short video recorded in the municipal district of Bighorn, Alberta, three volunteers describe their exp...

The Red Cross Round-up

Posted July 24, 2013 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. 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

Posted July 23, 2013 by Global Administrator

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...

Did You Know? Water safety edition

Posted July 23, 2013 by Global Administrator

Did You Know...?  ...only 1/3 of children and youth who drown in Canada were taking part in aquatic activities? ...Red Cross water safety programs started on PEI? ...Red Cross runs water safety day camps in PEI every year? ...drowning is the se...

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