A Red Cross worker in red jacket and helmet hugs a person wearing a winter coat and hat, with rubble from a destroyed building in the background.

In an emergency, every second counts

People need us right now and we need you. With your support we can provide vital help when disaster strikes.

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ICRC medic comforts boy in Gaza during the Israel-OPT conflict

GAZA in crisis

Our teams are on the ground responding tirelessly to a desperate humanitarian crisis.

A young boy on a stretcher with an oxygen tube in his nose at the is bushed by a doctor wearing scrubs at the Palestine Red Crescent medical centre in Gaza.

What's happening in Gaza?

IPC-backed famine in parts of Gaza declared: 470,000 people face mass starvation.

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Your monthly gift could save lives. Whatever you can give will help us be here for humanity.

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What we do

See how we support and provide health and social care services in the UK. 

See how we help people who are facing hunger, conflict or have to flee their home.