Red Cross: 2011 Disaster Response Statistics by the No.'s

"american red cross 2011 DISASTER RESPONSE STATISTICS BY THE NO'S The American Red Cross is where people mobilize to help An average of 91 cents of every dollar the Red Cross spends is their neighbors-across the street, across the country, and invested in humanitarian services and programs. The Red across the world-in emergencies. Each year, in communities Cross is not a government agency; it relies on donations of time, money, and blood to do its work. large and small, victims of some 70,000 disasters turn to neighbors familiar and new-with more than half a million volunteers and 35,000 employees of the Red Cross. DISASTER RESPONSE '05-11 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 3.016 2,939 3.029 2.660 2.388 2,364 2,398 TOTAL: 18,794 RESPONSES FACTOID more than 200 million poeple are More than 8 million people learned life saving skills through Red Cross classes helped through disaster management and disease prevention activities 800 (+ nearly 800 families reconnected following international wars and disasters EVERY TWO SECONDS SOMEONE NEEDS BLOOD More than 3,5 million people donated blood through more than 200,000 blood drives EMERGENCY PREPARATION 20 WAREHOUSES ACROSS THE US. 56.000- 320- SHELTER LOCATIONS MOBILE RESPONSE VEHICLES 1,000,000 90,000 MEALS PER-DAY TRAINED VOLUNTEERS ASSISTED FAMILIES '05-11 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 11.722 14,969 14,580 13,830 12,710 13.292 11,054 TOTAL: 92,157 FAMILIES 2011 INTERNATIONAL STATS more than 200 million ppl helped through disaster management and disease prevention activities 1.7 million people taught ho w to prevent HIV in the past 8 years nearly 140,000 ppl learned humanitarian laws and principles DONATE TO THE RED CROSS A hot meal delivered to victims after a disaster, blood when it is needed most, shelter when there is nowhere else to turn, an emergency message delivered to a member of the Armed Forces from their family -- these are just some of the ways that gifts are put to work through the American Red Cross. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the American Red Cross is empowering people to perform extraordinary acts in the face of emergencies. SOURCE http://www.redcross.org/