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# Give

These organisations deliver aid to Cuba. You pay them directly, and this site never collects money. How they are checked: https://cuba.timothybrits.co.za/give/how-we-vet

## Canadian Red Cross, Cuba Humanitarian Crisis Appeal

- Country: Canada
- What they deliver: Funds Red Cross relief supplies, humanitarian experts and recovery work for people in Cuba affected by fuel shortages, power cuts and Hurricane Melissa.
- Who receives it in Cuba: Families and communities affected by the crisis, served through the Cuban Red Cross (relief items, medical services, psychosocial support); health centres, nursing homes and schools are named as affected.
- How money reaches Cuba: The Canadian Red Cross says funds support the Red Cross to deliver relief, aid recovery and build resilience, working with its local partner the Cuban Red Cross. It does not say how an individual gift is routed or which share goes to Cuba.
- Registration: 119219814RR0001 (Canada Revenue Agency (registered charity business number))
- Website: https://www.redcross.ca/
- Last checked by us: 29 October 2026

## Global Health Partners

- Country: United States
- What they deliver: Buys and ships medical equipment and supplies (recently pacemakers, surgical sutures and neonatal equipment) to Cuban public hospitals.
- Who receives it in Cuba: Cuban public hospitals. The 2026 maternal and newborn initiative names two Havana maternity hospitals (Diez de Octubre and Ramón González Coro); earlier pages name the Calixto García and Juan Manuel Márquez hospitals.
- How money reaches Cuba: Gifts buy the equipment or supplies, which GHP ships to Cuba. GHP says it works in partnership with Cuba's Ministry of Health, and names logistics or co-delivery partners per campaign (Global Links for sutures; MediCuba Europa and the Saving Lives Campaign for pacemakers). Its pages do not describe the banking or customs route.
- Registration: 51-0201811 (IRS (EIN, 501(c)(3)); listed as Global Health Partners Inc)
- Website: https://ghpartners.org/
- Last checked by us: 29 October 2026

## mediCuba-Suisse (Swiss association, member of the mediCuba-Europe network)

- Country: Switzerland
- What they deliver: Funds public health projects in Cuba (surgery, paediatrics, geriatrics, training) and sends containers of donated medical material, working with Cuban hospitals and the Ministry of Public Health. It is a Swiss NGO and is separate from MEDICUBA S.A., the Cuban state import company.
- Who receives it in Cuba: Named hospitals in the 2025 annual report: Faustino Pérez provincial hospital and the Eliseo Noel Camaño paediatric hospital in Matanzas, Hermanos Ameijeiras hospital in Havana (neurosurgery), the Ciego de Ávila hospital surgical department, and the Fidel Labrador García nursing home in Artemisa.
- How money reaches Cuba: Its 2025 annual report lists spending per project (for example CHF 471,385 on the Matanzas hospital programme) and says six containers sent in 2025 were forwarded to Matanzas by the Cuban NGO Quisicuaba, plus one container for an Artemisa nursing home organised with the Cuban embassy in Bern. The report does not describe the bank route for money paid to Cuban partners. It says it bases its work on the Cuban Ministry of Health's priorities and the initiative of partner institutions.
- Registration: CHE-413.719.781 (Swiss UID register (Federal Statistical Office): legal form association, commercial register status active, Zurich; also Zewo-certified since 1999 (last certification 2024))
- Website: https://medicuba.ch/
- Last checked by us: 29 October 2026

## Before you donate

- Some payment providers block or delay payments that mention Cuba. If a payment fails, try the organisation's other payment method.
- If you are a US citizen or resident, extra US rules may apply. Ask the organisation how it follows them.
- This is not financial or legal advice.