Thank-you to our donors, from Nhamatanda, Mozambique

Canadian Red Cross aid worker Laura Archer shares how Red Cross teams are working with the Ministry of Health in Barbuda to rehabilitate local health facilities damaged by Hurricane Irma. The Canadian Red Cross sent two hospital rehabilitation kits to Barbuda to assemble a new emergency room. As health needs vary from one disaster to the next, it is crucial that our response be as adaptable as possible. Thanks to funding from the Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada, the Canadian Red Cross has been able to design new emergency response unit kits such as these for maximum flexibility in disasters.

Overview of the Myanmar refugee camp in Hakimpara, Bangladesh 

Since late August 2017, more than 60,000 people have fled violence in northern areas of Myanmar’s Rakhine State and crossed into Bangladesh.

Overview of Mainnerghona distribution point where the Red Cross and Red Crescent are providing food and relief items to thousands of refugees that have fled violence in northern areas of Myanmar’s Rakhine State and crossed into Bangladesh.

Since late August 2017, hundreds of thousands of people have fled violence in the northern areas of Myanmar’s Rakhine State into Bangladesh. Conrad Sauvé, President and CEO of the Canadian Red Cross, speaks from a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.