Chaque matin, Mamadou Saidon Bah se réveille en ne sachant pas s’il passera la journée à préparer ses cours et à corriger les devoirs de ses élèves ou s’il supervisera les jeunes bénévoles de la section locale de la Croix-Rouge pour une mission de récupération de la dépouille d’une autre victime de l'épidémie d'Ebola.
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Alors que la fréquence et l’intensité des catastrophes naturelles augmentent, il est d’autant plus impératif pour les individus et les communautés vulnérables de se préparer à faire face à d’éventuelles situations d’urgence.
Mamadou Saidon Bah wakes up each morning not knowing if he will spend his day grading student assignments and preparing lectures for his work as a teacher, or if he will instead lead a group of young volunteers from the local Red Cross branch on a mission to collect the body of yet another victim of the growing Ebola epidemic.
As a boy, Bob Whitelaw grew up near a First Nation reservation in southern Ontario and had the opportunity to learn first-hand about the community’s culture and traditions. He recalls with fondness many of the adventures he shared with his childhood friends.
It's been a busy summer here in Saskatchewan. Flooding at the end of June caused 154 communities to declare a state of emergency and forced many families from their homes. Here is an update on how Red Cross helped these families and continues to support the recovery of whole communities.
The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.
L’arrivée de l’automne coïncide avec le lancement de notre tout nouveau microsite où il est possible de découvrir une sélection d’histoires touchantes à propos de la Croix-Rouge au Québec.
As natural disasters increase in frequency and severity, so does the need for communities and individuals to be prepared. That's why Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies from around the world have launched the Disaster Resilience Journal project, sharing photos and stories of communities preparing for disasters with resilience in a changing world.