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Photo of the Day: Canadians lend a helping hand

Canadians are continuing to help their neighbours in the United States recover from the storm. Red Crosser Nathan Huculak from BC spent the past week in New York, helping the American Red Cross assist people whose lives have been disrupted by Hur...

Photo of the Day: Red Cross response in Guatemala

Pictured above the Guatemalan Red Cross assesses damage after a 7.4 earthquake hit yesterday, affecting an estimated 17,000 people. Guatemalan Red Cross volunteers are assisting with assessments, pre-hospital care, search and rescue operations, and p...

Video update on Guatemala earthquake

The Red Cross is responding to a 7.4 earthquake that struck off the coast of Guatemala earlier today. Currently, Guatemalan Red Cross volunteers are assisting with assessments, pre-hospital care, search and rescue operations, and psychosocial ...

Photo of the Day: Canadian Red Cross volunteers help U.S. Sandy response

The 20 Canadian Red Cross volunteers who have been deployed to the United States in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy have been helping out with numerous tasks to support American Red Cross relief efforts, from distributing food to caring for peop...

An update from the American Red Cross DigiDOC

Wendy Harman, Director of Social Media at the American Red Cross talks about how the Red Cross is using social media in their response following Hurricane Sandy. The Red Cross has tracked more than 1 million mentions of Sandy and are using its soci...

Canadian Red Cross assists with Hurricane Sandy response

[slideshow] The American Red Cross is in the midst of a major relief operation in response to Hurricane Sandy. The severe storm has affected millions of people and caused power outages, flooding and other damage along the eastern seaboard this week....

The Red Cross Round-up

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. VIETNAM: With the experience of enduring continuous disasters year after year, the Red Cross Societies of the Philippines and Viet Nam inst...

The Red Cross Round-up

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world. THAILAND: Floods are not unique for Thailand. But in 2011, the floods were considered some of the worst in the country’s history. One year ...

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