NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL DISASTER RELIEF

Disasters happen across our country and around the globe with unrelenting fury. Families are torn apart, homes are destroyed, and whole communities are wiped off the map. Whenever and wherever there is human suffering, the Red Cross is there. We are the world's largest humanitarian organization and our mission is to help humanity in crisis.

In order to provide our supporters with a means to help people in need everywhere, the American Red Cross maintains two relief funds, the National Disaster Relief Fund for domestic disasters and the International Response Fund for international disasters.

Because the American Red Cross, like all Red Cross societies worldwide, is an integral part of the International Red Cross Movement, our donors can send a contribution to their local Red Cross chapter in support of any major disaster worldwide. We, in turn, forward their gift to support those specific relief efforts.

For more information on International Disaster Relief, please visit http://www.redcross.org/services/intl/