The American Red Cross helps vulnerable people around the world to prevent, prepare for, and respond to disasters, complex humanitarian emergencies, and life-threatening health conditions.
The American Red Cross accomplishes this goal by working within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement--the world's largest humanitarian network with more than 180 Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies and more than 100 million volunteers. In all our work, we abide by the seven fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality.
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement provides family tracing services for major world armed conflicts and natural disasters. To learn more, please click here.
The American Red Cross is part of an international group of organizations whose goal is to eradicate measles worldwide. To learn more about how you or your organization can participate in the Measles Initiative, please click here.
The Red Cross also provides Holocaust Tracing, Family Searches, and World War II Wartime Documentation services free of charge. To learn more, please click here.
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2010 Haiti Earthquake Relief Information
Information about International Disaster Response
How do I become a disaster volunteer overseas?
