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Photo of the Day: A village of volunteers

Pictured above, volunteers of the Kibenga unit of the Burundi Red Cross have just finished digging a rough road. They plan to travel this road with their tools and embark on a project to clear land with the intentions of building a food store. As a p...

Tech Talk: Social media takes on bullying

The Internet isn’t always a friendly place. We’ve all heard about or seen cases of bullying through social media, but recently we’ve also witnessed some great examples of people using social media networks for good, to stand up against bullying. Y...

Photo of the Day: The importance of social work in rehabilitating Syrian refugees

In the wake of violence in Syria, thousands of Syrian families have fled to neighbouring countries. Social workers with the Jordan National Red Crescent Society are working in partnership with the French Red Cross and Unicef to provide social assista...

Photo of the Day: Tweeting to prevent bullying

Travis Price, one of the original co-founder of Pink Shirt Day, has been visiting schools throughout New Brunswick this week. He’s working with the Canadian Red Cross to promote bullying prevention and awareness, and our Beyond the Hurt program. To...

Photo of the Day: On the move in Quebec

Some 400 Red Cross supporters in Quebec City, Granby and Dolbeau-Mistassini laced up their running shoes or hopped on their bike for a truly active fundraiser this month. They ran, walked or cycled between 5 to 25 kilometers as part of Bouge pour l...

From Damascus to Charlottetown: The road to becoming a global citizen

Guest post by Melanie MacDonald, Communications Coordinator in Atlantic CanadaMeet Rose Al Mayaleh. Originally from Damascus, Syria, she and her family immigrated to Canada five years ago for safety reasons and for a better future. Since her arrival,...

Tech Talk: Volunteer Spotlight - Tim Burrows

Meet the newest ambassador to the Canadian Red Cross Social Media Team, Tim Burrows. Tim is a sergeant with the Toronto Police Service and has been leading that organization's social media efforts. Tim has been a long-time supporter to the Red Cross...

Red Cross Youth volunteers take their stories of bullying to the big screen

That’s the trailer for a brilliant film starring local kids who’ve been bullied directed by our very own Canadian Red Cross RespectED team in B.C., including staff and students involved in our bullying prevention program. The film, How to Help: A...

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