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Aid in Jamaica after Hurricane Sandy

Six months on: Red Cross continues to help people after Hurricane Sandy

13 May 2013

The British Red Cross has now closed its appeal, but the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement continues to help people in the region recover.

A destroyed house in Cuba

Citos story my father hid under a mattress as Sandy destroyed the house

06 Nov 2012

Like many Cuban Red Cross volunteers who are responding after Hurricane Sandy, Cito’s own family were severely affected by the storm.

Tree that's fallen on a house in Cuba

Red Cross receives £850,000 to support Hurricane Sandy response in Cuba

21 Nov 2012

The Department for International Development announced today (21 November 2012) that it is providing £850,000 to support people in Cuba devastated by Hurricane Sandy.

Aid in Jamaica after Hurricane Sandy

Red Cross sends support to Jamaica and Cuba after Hurricane Sandy

06 Nov 2012

The British Red Cross is sending support worth £80,000 to relief operations, to help the Caribbean islands recover from the effects of Hurricane Sandy.

House with damaged roof

Hurricane Ivan 2004

The Caribbean was hit by a number of powerful hurricanes and tropical storms in September 2004. Our delegates helped with the relief and recovery operations.

Mirly Etienne receives clean drinking water from the French Red Cross

Disaster relief in Haiti

In the immediate aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, the Red Cross helped provide relief to people who had been affected.

Luciana with her son outside her new home in Haiti

Luciana’s story: giving birth in an earthquake

After giving birth during an earthquake in which she lost everything, Luciana struggled to survive but with Red Cross support she is now thriving.

Ethilde’s story: success as a single mother

With support from the Red Cross Ethilde has set up her own business and no longer struggles to feed her two babies.

Josette selling fruit on the street in Haiti

Josette's story: a new market and a new future

A new market place, built by the Red Cross, is one of the best things Josette has seen since an earthquake devastated her neighbourhood.

Orphan in his aunt's arms

Sebastian's story: orphaned in Haiti

Sebastian is only five months old and too young to understand he doesn't have a mother since the earthquake struck Haiti two weeks ago.

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