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Chaque activité et chaque programme mis en œuvre par le Mouvement international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant‑Rouge (le Mouvement) reposent sur ses sept Principes fondamentaux : l’humanité, l’impartialité, la neutralité, l’indépendance, le volontariat, l’unité et l’universalité. Chacun de ces principes guide les décisions et les actions entreprises par le Mouvement. Aujourd’hui, nous examinerons de plus près le troisième principe fondamental : la neutralité. 

They shuffle across the dirt threshold. The older ones lean on others for support. Some are too weak to walk and are transported in on a mattress by a team of concerned relatives. Younger children are carried, limp and listless in the arms of their worried parents. All in obvious signs of distress. They do not know what’s wrong with them. They only hope the medical staff of the Canadian Red Cross Health Emergency Response Unit (ERU) can help them feel better.

Darrin Bourque peers out across what remains of the forest that surrounds his family’s trapline. Scorched trees, reminiscent of giant toothpicks, replace the once dense boreal forest associated with the landscape of northern Alberta.

Read how the Canadian Red Cross, with support from the Government of Canada, was able to provide much needed support to vulnerable communities during Hurricane Matthew in Haiti. When the storm hit, and as time followed, the Red Cross worked to meet immediate needs on the ground, provide important supplies, and travel to hard-to-reach areas to deliver medical care. 

Whether you know a kid who is naturally clumsy or precociously adventurous, these tips and resources will help keep them safe.

In communities, big and small, local libraries are a meeting space for young and old and of course, a place to sign out books, DVDs and audiobooks. When High River’s library was severely damaged by the Southern Alberta Floods in 2013, it moved to a temporary location while repairs and rebuilding took place. It was then that unique needs started to emerge.

Violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar has displaced hundreds of thousands people from the local Muslim population, who have been crossing into Bangladesh in search of safety. Approximately 57% of people arriving in makeshift settlements are children under the age of 17. A recent assessment was carried out to determine what unique challenges these children face, and how those needs can be met. 

Depuis que je loue mon chalet à l’occasion, je reçois souvent des messages d’invités qui ne trouvent pas les interrupteurs ou qui n’arrivent pas à faire fonctionner l’Apple TV. Ça, c’est la routine. Mais lorsqu’une dame m’a texté à 4 heures du matin pour me dire qu’il y avait une panne de courant et qu’elle ne trouvait pas la lampe de poche, je me suis rendu compte que mes instructions de sécurité n’étaient pas très détaillées! Les gens savent-ils quoi faire en cas d’incendie? Savent-ils où trouver le robinet d’arrêt de l’eau et la trousse de premiers soins?