Saviez-vous que le travail de la Croix-Rouge est régi par des Principes fondamentaux? En effet, les actions et décisions de la Croix-Rouge canadienne reposent sur les principes d’humanité, d’impartialité, de neutralité, d’indépendance, de volontariat, d’unité et d’universalité. Nous évoquons souvent ces derniers, mais que veulent-ils dire exactement? Comment guident-ils nos programmes et nos activités? Parlons un peu du premier Principe fondamental, l’humanité.
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Joulie is 12. She arrived in Quebec last winter with her family and thousands of other Syrian refugees. In temperatures of -20°C, Joulie and 69 other young newcomers to Canada experienced their first winter camp with the Scouts from the Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation parish in Pierrefonds.
Joulie a 12 ans. Elle est arrivée au Québec l’hiver dernier avec sa famille et des milliers d’autres réfugiés syriens. C’est par une température de -20°C que Joulie et 69 autres jeunes réfugiés ont vécu leur premier camp hivernal avec les scouts de la paroisse Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Pierrefonds. Nouvellement scout, elle revoit chaque semaine ceux et celles avec qui elle a grandi en Syrie.
Communications aid workers do a bunch of things, but their main purpose is to help make sure people have the information they need when disasters or emergencies hit. Recently, a group of future communications aid workers, myself included, got to attend a training session in Ottawa.