Röda Korset

Founded in 1865, Röda Korset is a non-profit association based in Stockholm, Sweden working on humanitarian aid & disaster relief, health, mental health +6 more.

Svenska Röda Korset is a non-profit humanitarian association and the Swedish national society of the international Red Cross movement. In Sweden it runs local volunteer-based activities, including first aid training, support for asylum seekers and migrants, food and clothing distribution, visits to elderly and lonely people, and mental health and trauma treatment. Its second hand shops fund its work. Internationally it supports disaster response, health, water and sanitation, and food security programmes in other countries, including Ukraine, Africa and Syria/Turkey. It is funded mainly by individual donations, legacies and corporate partnerships, and has about 18,500 volunteers in Sweden across around 286 local associations.