In New Zealand

There are many great reasons you should volunteer, but we’ve narrowed these down to the top seven benefits of volunteering to inspire you.

Ubah is a young woman from a refugee background who has creative dreams. She’s gaining useful skills with help from New Zealand Red Cross and a generous member of her community.

Francesca is an inspirational young woman with a passion to do good – from raising funds, to training as a disaster response volunteer and being an executive member of O-Red, she is a reminder that young people can be humanitarians.

Today New Zealand Red Cross Meals on Wheels driver Jenny has a busy morning ahead – she needs to deliver 15 meals around Mosgiel.

When the Nelson-Tasman area was threatened by a massive fire in February, Red Cross Disaster Welfare and Support Teams (DWST) from around the country were mobilised to support the response.

It’s been just over a year since the first former refugees arrived in Invercargill and Carlos was among them. To many listeners in the south and beyond he’s also known as DJ JC Japon.

Three months on from the Christchurch mosque attacks, as a nation we continue to grapple with the enormity of what happened.

Talented Kiwi artist Tiffany Singh is offering Dunedin a unique opportunity to support former refugees in exchange for a piece of artwork.

We have more than 50 Red Cross shops around the country and many of the people who keep them running are volunteering their time. Kate Francis is one of them and works in the Red Cross shop in Upper Hutt.

Thanks to the generosity of local community group MenzShed Kapiti, some former refugee families have the tools to tend their gardens and feel a little more at home.

A New Zealand Red Cross grant for schoolchildren affected by the November 2016 earthquake has allowed Amberley School pupils to take part in activities – from camps to kapa haka – to build resilience and positivity.

Red Cross’ Young Humanitarians programme in Invercargill is getting kids out of bed during school holidays.