Photo of the Day: Red Cross volunteers in South Sudan

Red Cross volunteers assist with the birth of the first baby born in the International Medical Corps clinic in Kapuri Transit Camp.  The mother was airlifted from Sudan to South Sudan to give birth. Click here for more information on Red Cross efforts in South Sudan.

Photo of the Day: Not your average lunch

*Guest entry by Gina Holmes, Public Affairs team, Ottawa A little over a year after the Japan earthquake, what appears to be a deserted school in Kawauchi has a lot of activity going on inside. Despite the fact that only 14 students have returned, the procedures taken every day just to make sure each student’s [...]

ERU Training: Admin team grows by one

Guest entry by Gwen Eamer, National Office Media Advisor Red Crossers from across the country have gathered outside Toronto this week to train as Emergency Response Unit (ERU) delegates. Trainees have been put through a variety of high-stress simulations to prepare them for running a field hospital in disasters around the world, but for ERU administrator Sukhrob Kurbanov, no [...]

Photo of the Day: Michaëlle Jean visits the Canadian Red Cross

Yesterday, UNESCO Special Envoy for Haiti , the right honourable Michaëlle Jean, C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D. joined Secretary General, Conrad Sauvé and other senior managers from the Canadian Red Cross for a meeting to discuss strategic matters related to humanitarian efforts in Haiti.

Dispatch from ERU training: How skilled workers prepare for emergencies

Guest entry by Gwen Eamer, National Office Media Advisor What do a plumber, electrician and orthotics fitter have in common? It might seem like the beginning of a bad joke, but in fact its the beginning of an exceptional team being trained by the Canadian Red Cross this week. Training as Emergency Response Unit (ERU) technicians, these humanitarians [...]

Life saving advice from a Red Cross mom

*Guest entry by Carolyn Tees, Senior Manager, Injury Prevention at the Canadian Red Cross National Lifejacket Day means more to me than just a day we promote at the Red Cross. When I started with Red Cross, I read coroner’s report after coroner’s report about young males not wearing lifejackets, falling overboard and succumbing to the water and [...]

May 17 is National Lifejacket Day – Do you wear it?

*Guest entry by Gina Holmes, Public Affairs team, Ottawa National Lifejacket Day is May 17, and we are inviting you to help raise awareness surrounding water safety and the importance of wearing a lifejacket. Enter our photo contest to show us that you wear it by submitting the best photo of you and your lifejacket [...]

Photo of the Day: Northern Alberta Wildfires Response

On May 15, 2011, more than 15,000 people were evacuated from Slave Lake and the surrounding communities due to massive wildfires that swept across the region—the largest disaster in Alberta’s history. The Canadian Red Cross response was immediate: deploying staff, volunteers and resources to help affected residents. This photo essay is dedicated to the many [...]

Value of Volunteers: Northern Alberta Wildfires Response

When Red Cross was alerted that help was needed with the northern Alberta wildfires, it responded by first calling in local teams. As the magnitude of the disaster became apparent, Red Cross quickly pulled in people from its vast resource of volunteers across Canada.  Thanks to skilled volunteers, Red Cross was able to mobilize necessary [...]

Front-line footage depicts the dangerous duties of Red Cross workers

*Guest entry by Gina Holmes, Public Affairs team, Ottawa As part of a campaign to end violence against health workers, facilities and patients, the ICRC put together a documentary that portrays the dangerous situations that countless people encounter while working on the front lines of Libya’s recent armed conflict. André Liohn, an independent photojournalist captured [...]