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Helicopter hovering above crowd on mountainside

Pakistan Earthquake Appeal 2005

When an earthquake in Pakistan killed 73,000 people, we were at the forefront of the operation to provide immediate relief and help families recover.

Rescue boat helps capsized ferry

Philippines typhoons 2004

In late 2004, the Philippines were hit by a number of typhoons and tropical storms, killing over 1,000 people and affecting more than three million.

Sorhow and some of her children

Sorhows story hunger is hard to deal with

Usually Sorhow's family grows enough millet and sorghum to feed themselves, but inadequate rainfall caused their last harvest to fail.

Man, woman and child sitting on boat

South Asia floods 2004

The worst floods in decades hit South Asia in June 2004. Around 1,800 people died and 70 million people were affected across the region.

Flood waters surround the city of Mutarara in Mozambique

Southern Africa floods 2008

The Red Cross helped people when floods hit southern Africa, including Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland.

Phiaodonia Chivandire with a boy in front of a house.

Southern Africa food crisis 2005/6

We raised money to help 1.5 million people by providing food, strengthening livelihoods and improving water and sanitation.

Goat herder in Tahoua

West Africa Food Crisis 2005

A major food shortage affected almost eight million people in west Africa. We helped with the logistics of delivering food aid.

Boy carrying sack of supplies on his head

Zimbabwe and Region Appeal 2008

The Red Cross was on the ground in Zimbabwe from the beginning of the cholera epidemic, delivering water and focusing largely on public education.

Destroyed house after Typhoon Bopha

Red Cross gives £285,000 to help Philippines after Typhoon Bopha

11 Jan 2013

The British Red Cross has released £285,000 from its Disaster Fund to help the Philippines recover from Typhoon Bopha – known locally as Pablo.

Aid in Syria

What we are doing in Syria

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has been helping in Syria since before the unrest began. It has now scaled up its response and is providing support across the region.

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