John Laing's campaign for Australia Red Cross
Australia is currently experiencing the nation’s worse series of wildfires on record.
Commencing in August 2019, over one hundred fires have spread through the states of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland.
These bushfires have:
- Claimed 25 human lives
- Destroyed 2,500 building, 1,300 of those being homes
- Burned 6.3 million hectares of land
- Killed 700 million animals
Thank you very much for your kind donation.
In doing so you are helping the great men and women who are working on the frontline, day in and day out, to support people and their communities.
More information about AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY: The Australian Red Cross is made up of two divisions, the Blood Service and Humanitarian Services. The Blood Service plays an important role in the healthcare system by ensuring that patients in Australian hospitals receive life-saving blood products, delivering world-class research and provide expertise in diagnostic, transplantation and other clinical services. The Blood Service spent $576m in 2016, collecting and supplying 1.3m blood donations, with supplies remaining in inventory sufficiency bands for 339 days of the year. In 2015, Humanitarian Services spent $197.5m in delivery of humanitarian programs, emergency and disaster response. Most of our disaster and emergency work was carried out supporting the recovery from cyclone Winston in Fiji and the devastating earthquake in Nepal, the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the cyclone Pam in Vanuatu. We spent $180.8m on our everyday work to address disadvantage across Australia and overseas. Our program spends decreased from last year as a result driven by the down-sizing of our migrant support services. Our program activities within humanitarian services are defined according to our priority areas - Disaster and Emergency services, Locational disadvantage, Social Inclusion, International Aid and Development, International Humanitarian Law, Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islander programs and Migrant Support Services. Despite reduced government funds our spending on locational disadvantage and social inclusion increased this year.
Commencing in August 2019, over one hundred fires have spread through the states of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland.
These bushfires have:
- Claimed 25 human lives
- Destroyed 2,500 building, 1,300 of those being homes
- Burned 6.3 million hectares of land
- Killed 700 million animals
Thank you very much for your kind donation.
In doing so you are helping the great men and women who are working on the frontline, day in and day out, to support people and their communities.
More information about AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY: The Australian Red Cross is made up of two divisions, the Blood Service and Humanitarian Services. The Blood Service plays an important role in the healthcare system by ensuring that patients in Australian hospitals receive life-saving blood products, delivering world-class research and provide expertise in diagnostic, transplantation and other clinical services. The Blood Service spent $576m in 2016, collecting and supplying 1.3m blood donations, with supplies remaining in inventory sufficiency bands for 339 days of the year. In 2015, Humanitarian Services spent $197.5m in delivery of humanitarian programs, emergency and disaster response. Most of our disaster and emergency work was carried out supporting the recovery from cyclone Winston in Fiji and the devastating earthquake in Nepal, the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the cyclone Pam in Vanuatu. We spent $180.8m on our everyday work to address disadvantage across Australia and overseas. Our program spends decreased from last year as a result driven by the down-sizing of our migrant support services. Our program activities within humanitarian services are defined according to our priority areas - Disaster and Emergency services, Locational disadvantage, Social Inclusion, International Aid and Development, International Humanitarian Law, Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islander programs and Migrant Support Services. Despite reduced government funds our spending on locational disadvantage and social inclusion increased this year.
Organizer
Claudia Beaumont
Organizer
Melbourne VIC
AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY
Registered nonprofit
Donations are typically tax deductible in Australia.
