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Vulnerable people need help now. This holiday, give a Survival Kit.

Vulnerable people need help now. For Giving Tuesday, give a Survival Kit.

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When disasters drive Canadians from their communities. When the pandemic leaves vulnerable individuals isolated. When people around the world need urgent care. Our teams are there, and your gift makes it all possible.

A smiling Red Cross volunteer holds a box of supplies for the mobile food bank initiative.

Many people are isolated, unable to leave their houses and face financial hardship, Martina says. “The ability to support other people and have a bit of positive impact on their well-being and day-to-day lives makes me happy and gives me the feeling that my actions can create change and contribute to a better community. And that feeling – in a world, where we often think that one individual’s actions are not enough – is the biggest reward for me.”

– Martina Buehler, CRC Volunteer for the Mobile Food Bank

Your survival kit may include these types of lifesaving essentials

A box filled with nutritious food such as broccoli, a baguette, bananas, and non-perishable foods.

Mobile Food Bank

Deliver nutritious food to vulnerable Canadians experiencing food insecurity due to COVID-19.

Warm Blankets

Give vulnerable Canadians comfort, warmth and a sense of security.

A large jug of water, a box of salt and a box of pasta.

Food and Water Relief

Supply food and clean water to a family abroad for an entire month.

ERU IV Equipment

Deliver IV equipment to an emergency response unit field hospital to save lives around the world.

Two Red Cross volunteers survey the damage of a home after a tornado has hit.

“The Red Cross was wonderful. Very helpful. We have been provided with much-needed financial assistance through a cash card that helped us out a lot. Jeff was in tears when we received it.”

– Colleen Chretien, who along with her partner Jeff Corbin, saw their Ontario home destroyed by a tornado.

Your survival kit may include these types of lifesaving essentials

Warm Blankets

Give vulnerable Canadians comfort, warmth and a sense of security.

Mobile Food Bank

Deliver nutritious food to vulnerable Canadians experiencing food insecurity due to COVID-19.

Food and Water Relief

Supply food and clean water to a family abroad for an entire month.

A box and a bottle of medicine and syringes representing Newborn Health & Nutrition Pack.

Newborn Health & Comfort Pack

Give newborn children in communities around the world their best chance at survival.

A Red Cross volunteer arranges packaged blankets in a supply closet.

“It was a really big help. I really appreciated it and I did not expect that. I was really shocked by all the help that the Red Cross gave us. If it wasn’t for the help this would have been a much harder time for me. I’ll always have a soft spot and a good warm heart for the Red Cross. Your workers were very friendly and sweet people. Bless their hearts!”

– Samantha, after evacuating from a fire in her building.

Your survival kit may include these types of lifesaving essentials

Warm Blankets

Give vulnerable Canadians comfort, warmth and a sense of security.

Mobile Food Bank

Deliver nutritious food to vulnerable Canadians experiencing food insecurity due to COVID-19.

Folded clothing, and canned non-perishable foods.

Disaster Relief Pack

Emergency clothing and food, crucial to a Canadian family's recovery from a crisis.

Food and Water Relief

Supply food and clean water to a family abroad for an entire month.

A concerned looking mother craddles her sleeping enfant, outdoors.

For Anok Garang, the Red Cross mobile health team has come just in time. She holds her baby boy, Alek, as she explains his symptoms to the Red Cross health worker. Alek’s weary little body is exhausted after having diarrhea for more than three days.

“We would have to walk five hours to a clinic if the Red Cross was not here.”

– Anok Garang, a mother in a remote area of South Sudan.

Your survival kit may include these types of lifesaving essentials

Newborn Health & Comfort Pack

Give newborn children in communities around the world their best chance at survival.

ERU IV Equipment

Deliver IV equipment to an emergency response unit field hospital to save lives around the world.

Warm Blankets

Give vulnerable Canadians comfort, warmth and a sense of security.

Disaster Relief Pack

Emergency clothing and food, crucial to a Canadian family's recovery from a crisis.

A Red Cross hospital worker attends to a enfant laying on a hospital bed.

Halima Khartoom found lifesaving care for her baby boy at the Red Cross Field Hospital in Myanmar. She arrived at the hospital with her 8-month old, who had a collapsed lung and was struggling to breathe. But the surgical team on the ground installed a chest tube and shortly after, the boy’s lung filled again with fresh oxygen.

“My son was ill for many weeks. I know that he would have died. The doctors here have saved him.”

– Halima Khartoom

Your survival kit may include these types of lifesaving essentials

Newborn Health & Comfort Pack

Give newborn children in communities around the world their best chance at survival.

ERU IV Equipment

Deliver IV equipment to an emergency response unit field hospital to save lives around the world.

Mobile Food Bank

Deliver nutritious food to vulnerable Canadians experiencing food insecurity due to COVID-19.

Disaster Relief Pack

Emergency clothing and food, crucial to a Canadian family's recovery from a crisis.

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Your donation goes toward ensuring house fire survivors have clean clothes, food, and hygiene kits.

The Canadian Red Cross responds to more than 600 house fires a year. Help us be ready for whatever the future may bring.

Your gift helps ensure vulnerable people around the world have access to healthcare services and medicines.

The Red Cross sent one field hospital Emergency Response Unit (ERU) to Mozambique in 2019 and supported two other ERUs in other countries.

You're helping improve access to lifesaving health care and medicines for mothers, newborns and children.

The Maternal Newborn and Child Health program has reached 13 million people in 24 countries over the last decade.

During COVID-19, the Red Cross continues to support the hardest hit Canadians, including elderly and immuno compromised individuals. Your donation helps make this possible.

Since March, the Canadian Red Cross has helped more than 10,000 Canadians, providing friendly phone calls, blankets, and hygiene kits to help communities respond to COVID-19.

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Your gift of $ is now tripled to $ thanks to SGI CANADA. They are matching all donations*!

Vulnerable people need help now. This holiday, give a Survival Kit.

Vulnerable people need help now. For Giving Tuesday, give a Survival Kit.

Select a dollar amount above to learn how your donation helps

How your donation helps

Your survival kit may include these types of lifesaving essentials

Mobile Food Bank

Warm Blankets

Food and Water Relief

ERU IV Equipment

Your survival kit may include these types of lifesaving essentials

Warm Blankets

Mobile Food Bank

Food and Water Relief

Newborn Health & Comfort Pack

Your survival kit may include these types of lifesaving essentials

Warm Blankets

Mobile Food Bank

Disaster Relief Pack

Food and Water Relief

Your survival kit may include these types of lifesaving essentials

Newborn Health & Comfort Pack

ERU IV Equipment

Warm Blankets

Disaster Relief Pack

Your survival kit may include these types of lifesaving essentials

Newborn Health & Comfort Pack

ERU IV Equipment

Mobile Food Bank

Disaster Relief Pack

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