While it takes a year-round, whole-community approach to stop bullying, on April 1, communities across Saskatchewan wore pink to help raise awareness on issues around bullying.
We share some highlights from Red Cross Day of Pink events and activities held throughout the province, in schools and workplaces.
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Thanks to the generous support of Canadians and the government of Canada, the Red Cross has been making an impact in the fight against the Ebola outbreak. From preparedness and awareness activities to treating people with Ebola at Red Cross-run treatment centres, the response has been tremendous -- and is not yet over.
It’s hard to imagine what it’s like to work in an Ebola treatment centre. Most Canadian Red Cross aid workers try to anticipate what they will see and experience on a day-to-day basis but quickly realize that the experience is not what they thought it would be. Nikola Latinovic, an aid worker from Windsor, Ontario, found this to be the case during his four-week mission in Kono, Sierra Leone.
Le vendredi 13 mars dernier, 130 000 personnes ont été touchées par le passage du cyclone Pam sur l'archipel de Vanuatu, soit près de la moitié de la population totale du pays. Des équipes de secours de la Croix-Rouge de Vanuatu et du Mouvement international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge étaient sur place, autant avant le passage de la tempête que dans les heures qui ont suivi.
Hope, solidarity, dignity, knowledge, love, compassion. These words have been crucial in supporting the communities affected by the Ebola outbreak. And these words have inspired a new Red Cross Red Crescent campaign called Words Against Ebola.
Quatre membres du CICR et de la Croix-Rouge libanaise se sont rendus récemment à Ketermaya, où ils ont passé quelques heures dans un camp de fortune installé à proximité des montagnes du Chouf. Ils ont eu la chance de rencontrer Nejmeh, une adolescente syrienne qui fait la classe aux enfants réfugiés du camp.
As warmer weather approaches, we start to think about pools, beaches, and open water. Although swimming can provide hours of endless fun, it can also be feared. Follow these three simple tips to help your children enjoy the water.
We’ve introduced you to many Red Cross Ebola fighters over the past year. Whether they’re medical professionals, technicians or administrators, these Red Cross aid workers have all played a part in helping people in West Africa recover from the outbreak and stop the spread of the virus.