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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.

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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