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The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. NIGERIA: In Late August, Nigeria experienced the worst flooding in 40 years. At the height of the crisis, rising waters drove more than 2 m...

Canadian Red Cross disaster volunteer Susan MacKenzie from Calgary was deployed to New Jersey to help bring relief to people affected by Hurricane Sandy. She never expected she'd been using her first aid training to help save a man's life.

The Out of the Cold program is a city-wide program in Toronto that the Red Cross supports by providing a hot meal to those in need and operating emergency shelters for Toronto's homeless community. Out of the Cold feeds about 120 people every Saturda...

Palestine Red Crescent paramedics evacuate an injured boy in Gaza during recent conflict in the region. Paramedics worked around the clock under very difficult security conditions to treat casualties and evacuate them to Gazan hospitals. The ICRC...

Similar to the Global Issues Symposium for Youth held in BC, youth in Ontario also held a youth leadership conference in Toronto recently. A group of Ontario youth attended the conference  and discussed what it means to be a Canadian Red Cross...

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. Kenya:  A year has passed since the Kenyans for Kenya Drought Initiative began and one of the areas, Walda Location in Sololo District,...

[slideshow]I'm the type of person who likes to be prepared. I've got my emergency kit ready and my purse is stocked with bandaids for any scrape, cut, or blister. But when it comes to taking care of my sick grandfather, I never felt confident that I ...