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Round-up: Red Cross responds to emergencies in Morocco and South Sudan

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.

Dancing to Michael Jackson amidst Ebola

Katherine Mueller is a Canadian aid worker with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Africa and was deployed to Sierra Leone to support the Red Cross response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak. Katherine discusses her experiences in a place of great need and hope.

Photo of the Day: Nursing in Red Cross Ebola treatment centre

In September, the Red Cross opened its first Ebola treatment centre in Kenema, Sierra Leone, a district hard-hit by the outbreak. Toronto nurse Kirsty Robertson is a Canadian Red Cross delegate on a short-term deployment in the centre to aid in the Ebola response.

Round-up: Red Cross supports communities in Yemen and Iraq

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.

Trio of workers head to Sierra Leone to aid in Ebola outbreak

The Red Cross is actively responding to the West Africa Ebola outbreak on all fronts, from treating patients through to providing public education and psychosocial support. Three aid workers from Quebec are the latest to join the global Red Cross effort.

Round-up: Red Cross supports communities in Iran and South Sudan

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.

Displaced Iraqis in urgent need of help

The minute I step into Khanqeh Camp in Northern Iraq, I’m surrounded by elderly men and women, expecting mothers and children - some the age of my own kids. Rapid advances of militant groups in Iraq have forced them to flee their homes, leaving behind most of their personal belongings and all the things they hold dear.

Round-up: Red Cross responds to emergencies in Iraq and Libya

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.

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