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Red Cross personnel supporting Australia bushfires response
- Extreme temperatures, dry conditions and winds have combined to cause or escalate hundreds of bushfires across five Australian states, in an unprecedented fire season.
Albania Earthquake: Red Cross teams providing urgent medical assistance, food and water to survivors
- Red Cross and Red Crescent teams from across Europe are in Albania to help the local Red Cross with rescue and relief efforts following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake near the capital Tirana.
This holiday, vulnerable people need your help – send a Red Cross Survival Kit
- Deliver a Canadian Red Cross Survival Kit to vulnerable people who need help in Canada and abroad. Check out the Holiday Gift Shop to learn more about the full kit and its impact.
Bahamas suffers extensive damage, Red Cross helps
- Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane, has caused extensive and devastating damage across the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama in the Bahamas, according to initial assessments from authorities and Red Cross officials on the ground.
Canadian Red Cross sends emergency field hospital to disaster-stricken Mozambique
- The Canadian Red Cross is sending its field hospital to provide life-saving assistance to the hundreds of thousands of people in need of urgent assistance across Mozambique.
Cyclone Idai: Full extent of humanitarian emergency still emerging
- Tropical cyclone Idai makes landfall in Mozambique, bringing high-speed winds and heavy rains. The Mozambique Red Cross is on the ground assessing needs of displaced families and providing humanitarian relief to those affected.
Give back these holidays with the Canadian Red Cross
- With gifts that help at home and abroad, the Canadian Red Cross Holiday Gift Shop is the best way to give vulnerable people the care, dignity and hope they deserve
Yemen: The world's single largest humanitarian crisis
- The humanitarian situation in Yemen is catastrophic. Almost every aspect of daily life has been affected by the conflict – fuel and food prices, access to clean water and the ability to move around.
Canadian Red Cross opens Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami Appeal: Donate Now
- The Red Cross is working around the world to coordinate emergency relief and recovery efforts and get help to people in affected areas as quickly as possible.
Red Cross responding to devastation caused by Hurricane Florence
- The Canadian Red Cross is ready to assist as Hurricane Florence wreaks havoc in the United States.
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