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The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.

The minute I step into Khanqeh Camp in Northern Iraq, I’m surrounded by elderly men and women, expecting mothers and children - some the age of my own kids. Rapid advances of militant groups in Iraq have forced them to flee their homes, leaving behind most of their personal belongings and all the things they hold dear.

While the memories of childhood can be vague, this song (My Body Is Nobody's Body But Mine) still makes my ears perk up. It may ring familiar with my fellow children of the 80s. For the uninitiated, the song was part of a sexual abuse prevention program aimed at children.

As winter approaches, along with the annual threat of snow storms and extended power outages, the Canadian Red Cross is ready to help, just as they did recently when thousands of Calgarians were plunged into darkness.

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.

Garth Tohms turns wrenches to fix water pipes, turns a good phrase in his blog and through his work as a humanitarian with the Canadian Red Cross, has helped turn peoples’ lives around in various places. Garth has deployed as a technician with the Red Cross’ Emergency Response Unit to the Philippines and South Sudan, and, most recently to Sierra Leone.

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.

Visually capturing the effects of war, a collection of photographs entitled ‘War from the Victims' Perspective’ by Jean Mohr, will be on display from October 30^th to February 10^th to mark the 150th anniversary of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).