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Every year, the Canadian Red Cross is at the scene of disasters and emergencies both at home and around the world. Learn more about our critical work to help people and communities overcome and recover from tragedy.
The Canadian Red Cross is dedicated to supporting individuals, families and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Since the very beginning of the outbreak, Red Cross and Red Crescent societies around the world, including the Canadian Red Cross, have been on the frontlines responding to the pandemic.
The Canadian Red Cross is responding to meet the urgent needs of people impacted by the flooding in Fort McMurray and the surrounding area of Alberta.
The humanitarian situation in Bangladesh and Myanmar continues to deteriorate as hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing violence in the northern areas of Myanmar’s Rakhine State into Bangladesh.
Learn more about the Syria Crisis, the Refugee Crisis, and how the Red Cross is responding.
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Years of conflict in Yemen have resulted in one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. 20.7 million people are in need of humanitarian support, of which over half are children.
Learn more about past Red Cross emergency operations in Canada and around the world.