Lebanon Crisis
Your donation helped us raise more than $10.2 million. The Canadian government then increased their initial matching contribution up to $8 million, for a grand total of $18.2 million! More than 40,000 Canadians across every province and territory responded to the crisis. We are no longer accepting donations for the Lebanon Crisis. Some of our members still are, learn more.
Covid-19
Our member agencies are on the ground, working to respond to the impact of COVID-19.
Our Members
12 charities are working together with Canadians to respond to international disasters. Find out more about this growing movement in 1 minute.
Lebanon Crisis
Your donation helped us raise more than $10.2 million. The Canadian government then increased their initial matching contribution up to $8 million, for a grand total of $18.2 million! More than 40,000 Canadians across every province and territory responded to the crisis. We are no longer accepting donations for the Lebanon Crisis. Some of our members still are, learn more.
Covid-19
Our member agencies are on the ground, working to respond to the impact of COVID-19.
Our Members
12 charities are working together with Canadians to respond to international disasters. Find out more about this growing movement in 1 minute.
Who We Are
The Humanitarian Coalition brings together leading aid organizations to provide Canadians with a simple and effective way to help during international humanitarian disasters. Member agencies join forces to raise funds, partner with the government, and mobilize media, businesses and individual Canadians. Together, we are saving more lives.
Displacement, Mali
September 2020
Flooding, Afghanistan
August 2020
Flooding, Sudan
July 2020
Lebanon Crisis
August 2020
The right help at the right time
October 28, 2020
Haseena’s family, like many others in her village, were suffering from the double calamity — a weather disaster that damaged food stocks and water infrastructure and blocked off roads, and the impact of a global pandemic on a rural economy.
Sonia’s birthday party disaster
October 19, 2020
After dinner, Sonia’s father, Jonny, had to head back to work at their family restaurant. Sonia and her mother, Georgie, decided to invite their neighbour for birthday cake. That’s when the explosion in the port of Beirut happened.
Our house has been erased from the map
July 24, 2020
When floods came to his village in Mali, Gaboukoro Traoré didn’t have much time to pack. “We were alerted by the arrival of runoff water just a few hours before it reached my village, so we were only able to save a few materials and animals. My whole house collapsed and was washed away.”
From worried mother to community leader
July 20, 2020
Najat Hamid, a member of the community, leads the workshop. She is regarded as a champion of proper hygiene in her community but it wasn’t too long ago that she was sitting in these training sessions herself, hoping to learn how to protect her children’s health.