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.
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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.
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 communications staff at the Canadian Red Cross, we often get the opportunity to meet some of the many amazing individuals who contribute to our humanitarian work worldwide.
Pour les parents, la rentrée scolaire est synonyme de magasinage intensif de fournitures scolaires, de la multiplication des devoirs et des activités parascolaires et des défis de la conciliation travail-famille.
C’est aussi le retour des nez qui coulent!
Cette semaine, la Croix-Rouge (FICR) a ouvert son premier centre de traitement du virus Ebola à Kenema, en Sierra Leone, un quartier durement touché par l'épidémie. Le centre peut accueillir jusqu'à 60 patients. À ce jour, le centre a admis cinq patients, dont une fillette de 11 ans.
This week, the Red Cross (IFRC) opened its first Ebola treatment centre in Kenema, Sierra Leone, a district hard-hit by the outbreak. The centre can house up to 60 patients when at full capacity. The centre has so far admitted 5 patients, including an 11-year-old girl.