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News & Photos: The latest news, press releases, photo galleries, and information about our activities.
Youth Clubs: School-based clubs that teach life-saving skills, discuss important humanitarian issues, and educate students about the principles of the American Red Cross.
Passport Project: Our international partnership project with Red Cross / Red Crescent Chapters around the world.
Educators: A special site for teachers and administrators to get news and information.
Links: Get connected with our partners across the country and around the world!
Contact: Ways to get in contact with the Youth Services Department... We're here to help! |
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Passport Project |
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Passport Partner Updates &
Photo Galleries
Information about the
United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child
How many of you think that you could locate Kiribati on a map? Or Haiti? Did you know that Botswana has one of the world’s highest infection rates of AIDS? Or that measles (that disease you got a shot for when you started school) is the cause of half of all deaths from preventable disease in Africa? Wish you could have done more for the children who were displaced after the 2004 tsunami or the 2005 Pakistan-India earthquake?
The American Red Cross thinks that we should know a lot more about the world around us. And learning about it is not enough; we need to get involved in our global community. This year, we started the Passport Project to develop relationships with other Red Cross and Red Crescent chapters around the globe. |
We interact regularly and share information about humanitarian conditions and social issues. We also support each other in ongoing projects our chapters are working on.
Through the Passport Project, students in Central New York were able
to contribute posters and banners for World AIDS Day activities in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Mongolia's youth showed their support for children affected by the August 2005 Hurricanes in America's Gulf region.
Educators, if you are interested
in incorporating the Passport Project into your classroom curriculum, here are some ways to get things started.
Take a look at our contact list to see where we’re building friendships.
If you are interested in establishing a relationship with a country that is not listed, please contact us.
For more information about the countries listed, click on the name of the country. To learn about the social conditions for children in other countries visit UNICEF Country Reports.
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Onondaga-Oswego Chapter
American Red Cross
220 Herald Place
Syracuse, NY 13202
315-234-2200
youth@syrarc.org
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