Michèle Dionne is a Canadian Red Cross volunteer. Her commitment began in Sherbrooke and quickly expanded to the provincial level. Today, her humanitarian action has a worldwide scope.

In a few short years, she has participated in reconnaissance missions to Nicaragua, Honduras, India, Madagascar, China, Liberia, Ukraine, and Haiti. Whenever she can, she takes the opportunity to share in the everyday lives of the people helped by the Red Cross, and her passion for photography brings her closer to them. These encounters have allowed her to give original, vivid accounts of these missions, with her photo albums offering a portrait of the world.

Missions contains texts and over one hundred photographs by Michèle Dionne. A message of hope radiates from the touching faces of men, women, and children captured in this very personal tribute to the great humanitarian institution that is the Red Cross.


THE AUTHOR

Michèle Dionne earned a degree as a special education teacher at the Université de Sherbrooke. For several years, she worked with children with learning diffi culties in schools in the Eastern Townships and in the Outaouais region. Involved in a number of social causes and community projects, she has been principally associated with fundraising campaigns for organizations dedicated to family, the condition of women, and development of the arts. She has been active in the Quebec division of the Canadian Red Cross for more than ten years. To date, she has carried out nine missions abroad as a volunteer with the Canadian Red Cross.