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Choose a specific country or fund to donate to. Give once or monthly to support people in crisis.

This page helps you find the appeal or fund you'd like to donate to. Whether it’s supporting a specific country or a fund, your donation will reach people in crisis when they need it most.

For some appeals, you can choose to give a monthly donation. 

Where your help is needed

  • People stand and stare at a pile of rubble created by a building destroyed in the Venezuela earthquake.

    DEC Venezuela Earthquake Appeal

    People urgently need your help. We're on the ground providing ambulances and emergency shelter. Please donate now.

  • Susan and David consult area maps before heading out to communities effected by storms in Aberdeenshire. The two volunteers are wearing high-vis jackets and looking at a map on a table in front of them.

    Donate and support people in crisis

    By donating today, you'll support all of our work from disaster response to everyday help. You'll help us reach people in the UK and around the world.

  • Suzanne, ICRC medical team, Gaza, with a young patient.

    Donate now to Gaza

    The humanitarian situation in Gaza is devastating. People are suffering every day. Donate now to our Gaza Crisis Appeal and help us support those in need.

  • Ukrainian Red Cross emergency response worker tending to a woman with a head injury.

    Ukraine Crisis Appeal

    We've been working around the clock in Ukraine. Help us provide healthcare, emotional support and essentials.

  • A Red Cross response team after the Afghanistan earthquake

    Give to the Disaster Fund

    When a flood, hurricane, or wildfire strikes, we respond immediately. Your donation will be used to fund emergency response to disasters and urgent medical care. 

  • A Sudanese mother and her child.

    The Sudan Crisis - Disaster Fund

    Millions of people in Sudan struggle without the basics they need to survive. Support them and others caught in crises through our Disaster Fund.

  • The Lebanese Red Cross search for survivors in the rubble after violence.

    Lebanon Crisis - Disaster Fund

    In the midst of terrible conflict, the Red Cross is providing vital medical aid to people in desperate need. Please donate now.

  • A Red Cross volunteer in Aberdeen supporting a storm victim.

    Support our UK work

    We're helping people struggling with the aftermath of extreme weather and other emergencies in the UK.

  • A family standing outside their home

    Africa Food Crisis

    Communities across Africa are facing a severe food crisis. We are working on the ground to give water, food, healthcare and financial help to people in need.

  • Red Cross volunteer providing support after the Syrian earthquake.

    Syria Crisis Appeal

    After 15 years of conflict in Syria, many Syrians are unable to access food, clean water and shelter.

  • A worker from the Yemen Red Crescent Society distributes an aid package in Yemen.

    Yemen Crisis Appeal

    Millions of people in Yemen are going hungry every day. The Red Cross is providing desperately needed food, clean water and medical treatment.

  • An older Afghani man sits in the rubble of the earthquake

    Afghanistan Crisis Appeal

    After the deadly earthquake in Afghanistan, families are facing multiple crises of drought, food shortages and the highest rate of maternal mortality rates in the world.

How your donation helps

Money well spent

76% of donations are spent helping people in crisis.

Changing lives

Discover how your donation helps those in need, whoever and wherever they are.

Emergency support

We offer practical, local and emotional support during an emergency.

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