Disaster Relief charities
Disaster Relief is one of GiveRadar's 16 charity categories, covering organizations whose primary work is responding to emergencies and helping communities prepare for and recover from them. The directory below lists registered disaster relief charities across 100+ countries, filterable by country, cause, and revenue.
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Ukraine
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Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast
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Disaster Relief
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特定非営利活動法人make Happy
Japan
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Miyagi
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Disaster Relief
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Vereniging Egmondse Reddingsbrigade (E.R.B.)
Netherlands
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Egmond aan Zee, North Holland
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Disaster Relief
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Japan
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Tokyo
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Disaster Relief
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Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz
Austria
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Wien
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Disaster Relief
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Sudanese Red Crescent Society
Sudan
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Khartoum
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Disaster Relief
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Stiftung Schweiz ForAfrika
Switzerland
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Zürich, ZH
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Disaster Relief
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Direct Aid
Sierra Leone
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Freetown, Western Area
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Disaster Relief
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Goal Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
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Freetown, Western Area
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Disaster Relief
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Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF)
Palestine
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Ramallah
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Disaster Relief
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Molham Volunteering Team
Jordan
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Amman
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Disaster Relief
Syria Algad Relief Foundation
Egypt
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Cairo
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Disaster Relief
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Life for Relief and Development
UAE
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Dubai
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Disaster Relief
Manhal
Somalia
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Mogadishu
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Disaster Relief
Egyptian Red Crescent
Egypt
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Cairo
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Disaster Relief
Arama Kurtarma Derneği
Türkiye
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Disaster Relief
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Angel's Ladder
Japan
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Ibaraki
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Disaster Relief
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Association el rafik pour malades alité de Béni-Saf
Algeria
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Béni-Saf
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Disaster Relief
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Glocal Roots
Switzerland
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Disaster Relief
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Polska Misja Medyczna
Poland
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Krakow, Malopolska
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Disaster Relief
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What are disaster relief charities?
Disaster relief charities are registered nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is emergency response and recovery: delivering food, water, shelter, and medical care after earthquakes, floods, storms, and conflict, and helping communities rebuild afterward. On GiveRadar they form the Disaster Relief category, one of 16 shared categories applied across every country we cover, and Disaster Relief is also a cause tag that appears on organizations in other categories whose work includes emergency response.
What do disaster relief organizations do?
Disaster relief organizations work across the whole cycle from preparedness to long-term recovery. Typical work includes:
- Emergency response in the first hours and days: search and rescue, evacuation support, first aid
- Delivering immediate aid: food, clean water, shelter, and medical care
- Preparedness before crises: training, early warning systems, and pre-positioned supplies
- Supporting displaced people after natural disasters and conflict
- Coordinating volunteers, donations, and logistics in affected regions
- Long-term recovery: rebuilding homes, infrastructure, and livelihoods
How to check a disaster relief charity before you give
The same four checks apply to disaster relief charities as to any other organization, and every profile on GiveRadar covers all four, built from official sources. The full five-step walkthrough is in our guide for donors.
Listed in its national register, under the number it publishes.
Our 0-100 measure of how completely it discloses, not of impact.
Annual returns and financial statements, where the register publishes them.
Who runs the organization, as recorded in official sources.
Common questions
What are disaster relief charities?
Disaster relief charities are registered nonprofits whose primary work is emergency response and recovery, from delivering food, shelter, and medical care after disasters to helping communities prepare and rebuild. GiveRadar lists them as the Disaster Relief category, filterable by country, with registration details, financials where filed, and an integrity assessment for each.
Should I give to disaster relief charities before or during a crisis?
Both fund real work, in different ways. Donations given outside crisis periods fund preparedness: training, stockpiled supplies, and early warning systems that make the next response faster. Donations given during a crisis fund the immediate response, but that is also when unverified appeals multiply, so confirming an organization is registered matters most at exactly that moment. Whenever you give, the same checks apply: registration, filings, and who runs the organization.
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