Emergency Response

When a flood hit Columbia, South Carolina, local members were quick to respond to the needs of the flood victims.

When a flood hit Columbia, South Carolina, local members were quick to respond to the needs of the flood victims.

Schools in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya are crowded. LDS Charities is helping UNICEF provide training and support to teachers. The children now have the chance for a better education.

Improving education can change the lives of families in refugee camps. LDS Charities is working with UNICEF to improve the schools and education in these camps.

This group of orphan boys found each other in a refugee camp in Kenya. Now they live together like family. LDS Charities is helping UNICEF provide the psycho-social support they need.

Young single adults attending institute in Santiago gather to prepare hygiene kits for victims of the earthquake.

Following a massive earthquake that struck Santiago, Chile, in February 2010, LDS Charities and local Church members helped people all throughout the city to obtain food, water, and shelter.

Wards and stakes may organize volunteers to assist in the community following a disaster. All volunteers should adhere to Church safety guidelines for disaster cleanup.

Nina is a member of the Church in Europe who wanted to find a way to respond to the First Presidency’s call to help refugees. She volunteered in Calais, France, at a refugee camp.

A family meal in Yemen can be a rare thing due to intense fighting. Latter-day Saint Charities is helping World Food Programme to deliver on-the-ground food supplies to families in need.

Together, the Presiding Bishopric and the Relief Society General Presidency report on the humanitarian relief that LDS Charities and Church members were able to provide during 2017.

After the earthquake in Haiti, members of the Church organized humanitarian efforts to assist those in need. The local meetinghouses were offered as medical and living areas.

Latter-Day Saint Charities is helping refugee children in Kenya recover from trauma. With UNICEF USA, these children are given access to spaces where they can learn to be children again.

A video showing disasters that LDS Charities has responded to and the amazing effort of members to give help where needed.

LDS Charities partners with local organizations in Erbil, Kurdistan, to help refugee families in need by providing food, supplies, and shelter.

LDS Charities gives assistance to a refugee camp in Kurdistan.

A short video outlining the the church's humanitarian response to the early days of the Syrian refugee crisis.

In 2015, LDS Charities partnered with MEDU (Doctors for Human Rights – Italy) to fund a mobile medical clinic for refugees in Rome, Italy.

In 2015, LDS Charities partnered with MEDU (Doctors for Human Rights – Italy) to fund psychological aid as refugees arrived in Sicily, Italy.

The 2013 typhoon in the Philippines affected millions of people. LDS Charities and local Church leaders helped members as they began rebuilding their lives.

In 2015, major storms and flooding hit South Carolina. With so much to do, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints put on yellow Helping Hands vests and shirts and helped in the cleanup.

This moment does not define the refugees, but our response will help define us.

A young boy talks about his desire to serve.

A woman talks about her community banding together to provide for the needs of refugees in their area.

Church members were ready to help the victims of a tsunami that destroyed villages in Samoa. Food, supplies, and donated labor were provided to help rebuild homes.

When this doctor found out that her people were suffering, she returned to Kurdistan and began serving. LDS Charities partnered with her to help.

On the outside, it looks like shipping containers, but on the inside, the operation can feed thousands in 24 hours. Millions of Syrian refugees need emergency food relief. This miracle mobile bakery can help feed up to 24,000 refugee families daily.

Trisha Leimer talks about her experience with providing relief to refugees in Germany and how she thinks everyone can benefit from giving such service.

War in Sierra Leone disrupted people's lives so that many could not even get food to eat. The Church provided food, hygiene kits, clothing, and blankets to help the people.

One young girl when she was shot while fleeing from violence, LDS Charities helped her family and gave her a wheelchair so she can enjoy more mobility.