Ongoing operations

DRC refugee crisis

On March 23, 2013, Seleke rebel forces in Central African Republic (CAR) overthrew the government, sending thousands of people fleeing to safety in neighbouring...

Crisis in Syria

The humanitarian needs inside Syria have reached unprecedented levels and continue to increase, with millions displaced inside the country in search of safety. Many of...

Indian Ocean tsunami

The Japanese Red Cross is airlifting patients to the Red Cross hospital in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. Photo: Toshirharu Kato, Japanese Red Cross, p-JPN0060

Earthquake and tsunami in Japan

Two years on from the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami, thousands of survivors have benefited from a variety of programmes carried out by the Japanese Red Cross...

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