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Photo of the Day: Spreading the love

Pictured above, two Canadian delegates spread their love in Mozambique. Patrick Raymond and Emmanuel Ngamga were both deployed to Mozambique on February 11 as Community Health Managers with the Canadian Red Cross Emergency Response Unit (ERU), to...

Photo of the Day: Maintaining medical equipment for children

Guest blog by James Park, Red Cross Public Affairs assistant in BCEvery 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! Growing up can be difficult. This is esp...

Photo of the Day: Keeping kids healthy in Niger

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...

Volunteer profile: Finding friendship across generations

Elaine Theriault is a typical 2nd year sociology and anthropology student at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. A native of Maine, she’s living away from home and keeping busy with her studies and university life. But for one hour ...

Photo of the Day: Providing some holiday cheer

Every day, we publish a photo to show Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! (L to R) Sylvie Dicaire, Caroline Caron, Laura Imhoff, Lori Thompson, Serenna Besserer  This picture was ta...

The nuts and bolts of building wheelchairs

September is Continuing Care Month in Nova Scotia. We’ll be profiling Red Crossers in recognition of all the great work they do in caring for people outside of a hospital setting. Red Cross staff member Paul MacKinnon takes great pride in his...

Saying thanks to our Community Support Workers

Today is Personal Support Worker Day in Ontario and we’re celebrating the hard work and dedication of our Community Support Workers (CSWs) across the province. Did you know that the Canadian Red Cross is one of the largest non-profit pro...

Meals on Wheels volunteers know the meaning of commitment

When I hear the word commitment, I normally think about going to the gym three-days-a-week, or making sure that I have enough vegetables in my diet. This week, I learned a whole other meaning of the word when I joined the ranks of Canadian Red Cross ...

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