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Australian Red Cross Appeals
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Please note: Information about recent disasters such as the Haiti earthquake can be found on the emergency relief page.
You can make an online donation by credit card to an appeal by visiting our online donations page.
Supporting our ongoing work
Red Cross is there for people in need, no matter where you live, no matter who you are. Relief in times of crisis, care when it's needed most and commitment to building healthy communities.
Red Cross is active in every State and Territory in Australia supporting vulnerable people, ranging from care for the elderly and isolated, providing safe blood supplies, to first aid and refugee services.
Current Appeals
Disasters and Emergency Appeals
Red Cross actively responds to disasters and conflicts abroad and at home. One of the most immediate ways that you can help victims of any emergency or people in need is by supporting an appeal.
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a lead player in responding to disasters wherever they occur around the globe. The Australian Red Cross, through its links with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Federation), plays a major role in that response.
How your donation to an international appeal is spent
Appeal donations are used in one or more of the following ways:
to fund deployment of specialist aid workers. More...
to support Red Cross programs in the affected area. More...
to support the work of our Red Cross Red Crescent partners in the
affected country. More...
Australian Red Cross will not deduct more than 10% of any donation for an international appeal to cover its own costs. The rest of the donation goes to provide assistance to the victims. Should the funds raised exceed the amount required to meet the immediate and longer-term needs of the people in the affected areas, Australian Red Cross will use any excess funds to help people affected by emergencies within the same region of the world. All donations over $2 are tax deductible.
Donations of relief goods, medical
Australian Red Cross does not accept donations of 'goods in-kind' for the following reasons:
- the logistics of transporting and distrbuting 'in-kind' donations can often be very expensive a well as time consuming, in particular organisng clearances to foreign countries and arranging transportation to remote areas.
- responding to the assessed needs of the affected population is our priority. 'In-kind' donations are frequently not based on identified needs and may be inappropriate for cultural or religious requirements of the affected population.
Australian Red Cross believes that essential relief items should be purchased locally where possible, to ensure appropriateness of the goods for the local population and to assist the local economy.
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