The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global voluntary network, responding to conflicts, natural disasters and individual emergencies.We enable vulnerable people in the UK and abroad to prepare for and withstand emergencies in their own communities. And when the crisis is over, we help them to recover and move on with their lives.
The British Red Cross is one of 187 Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies around the world and part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement the world’s largest independent humanitarian organisation.The international work of the British Red Cross focuses on emergency relief, disaster preparedness, health and social care programmes and promoting international humanitarian law.
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Areas of interest
- Clean Water and Sanitation
- Climate Action
- Gender Equality
- Good Health and Wellbeing
- No Poverty
- Partnerships for the Goals
- Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
- Quality Education
- Reduced Inequalities
- Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Zero Hunger
Operational areas
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Chile
- China
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- England
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Lithuania
- Macedonia
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Northern Ireland
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Saudi Arabia
- Scotland
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Yugoslavia
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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