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#CRCSyria - Join the Red Cross for a Twitter chat

Join us on Twitter Thursday, Oct. 3 at noon ET for a live Twitter chat on the Syria crisis. The Canadian Red Cross is hosting this chat to raise awareness about the humanitarian disaster. The conflict in Syria and the resulting massive refugee inf...

Photo of the Day: Canadian Red Cross visits refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon

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...

World Refugee Day: The plight of Syrian refugees

Earlier this year, 15-year-old Mohammad was reunited with his family with help from the ICRC’s Restoring Family Links program after being separated from them for seven months. Mohammad, originally from the southern Syrian city of Daraa, was visiting ...

From Kosovo to Nova Scotia: A journey with a Red Cross connection

When Arta Rexhepi arrived in Canada from Kosovo with her family nearly 14 years ago, she was greeted and comforted by Canadian Red Cross volunteers. She was among a group of 5,000 refugees fleeing conflict who arrived in Nova Scotia and Ontario from ...

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