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

"I Knew We Were Probably Losing Everything"—South Carolina Flooding 2015

"I Knew We Were Probably Losing Everything"—South Carolina Flooding—Short

An animated statistic from the 2016 LDS Charities AnnualReport.

2016 Humanitarian Report: Emergency Response

2016 Humanitarian Report: Volunteers

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.

Care to Share: Education for Refugee Children

A quick recap of some of the relief that has been provided in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

Care to Share: Hurricane Harvey

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.

Care to Share: Refugee Family Education

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.

Care to Share: Refugee Orphan Boys Band Together

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

Chile Earthquake YSA Service

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.

Chile Priesthood Response

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.

Emergency Response Volunteer Training

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.

Europe Refugee Help—Nina Kerrou

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.

Family Meals in Yemen with World Food Programme

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.

First Presidency Thanks Members for Unprecedented Humanitarian Outreach

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.

Haiti Emergency Response

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.

Helping Children in Kenya's Refugee Camps

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

I’ll Stay—Emergency Response Music Video

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

Kurdistan—Erbil House

LDS Charities gives assistance to a refugee camp in Kurdistan.

Kurdistan—Refugee Response

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

LDS Charities Syrian Response 2013

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

MEDU Partnership: Rome

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

MEDU Partnership: Sicily

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

Philippines Hurricane Welfare Response

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.

Recovering from South Carolina Flooding in 2015

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