We all have different stories of what drew us to work with the Red Cross. Chiran Livera, a Canadian aid worker currently working for the IFRC, was drawn to international aid work due to his love for travel and his desire to help those affected by d...
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Guest blog by James Park Things are getting a bit dicey for the Global Issues Symposium for Youth team as they partake in a team building exercise to balance five dice on popsicle sticks. Every year, the Canadian Red Cross in British Columbia hosts ...
Guest post by Chiran Livera, international Red Cross aid worker Namibia is a large country affected by a strange mix of disasters: both droughts and floods. Earlier this year, floods affected the north eastern part of the country, where it borders...
Guest post by Tahina Rabezanahary, Program Manager for Africa, Canadian Red Cross In recent months, I travelled to Mali, Liberia and Kenya to visit Canadian Red Cross Maternal, Newborn and Child health projects. Most of my visits consisted of meet...
What would it take for you to learn first aid? This funny video from the Australian Red Cross demonstrates the importance of safety in the workplace and the difference proper first aid training can make. The Canadian Red Cross offers fir...
[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...
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...
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...