Support charities in Cuba, alongside the U.S. government
Washington now sends its Cuba aid through the Church network. Give to the same network and to the faith-based charities that reach Cuban families directly. Every gift is recorded per charity, and the totals are public.
$100 million in U.S. humanitarian aid for the Cuban people, delivered through the Catholic Church, not the regime.
U.S. Department of State, 21 Jul 2026 ↗The first flight carried food and hygiene kits for up to 700 families, handed out by local parishes with Caritas Cuba.
U.S. Department of State, 21 Jul 2026 ↗Catholic Relief Services received $60 million to reach nearly 200,000 Cuban households with food and hygiene supplies.
Catholic Relief Services, 21 Jul 2026 ↗How it works
- 1Choose a charity
- 2Choose an amount and a way to pay
- 3Pay: card, Apple/Google Pay, U.S. bank, PayPal, crypto or your QvaPay balance
- 4The charity receives it, and you get a receipt
Choose a charity
Friends of Caritas Cubana
The U.S. donation vehicle for Caritas Cuba — a committee of Catholic Charities of Boston since 1999, incorporated as a 501(c)(3) in 2005. Funds reach the elderly, children at risk, and people with disabilities on the island. The cleanest U.S.-tax-deductible path to Caritas Cuba's work. Led by president and board chair Consuelo Aróstegui Isaacson, who also serves on the Cuba Emprende Foundation board.
Caritas Cuba
The Catholic Church's humanitarian network inside Cuba — the largest independent NGO on the island, operating across all 11 dioceses with ~40 staff and some 12,000 volunteers. Serves the most vulnerable: the elderly, sick, disabled, and disaster victims. This is the on-the-ground partner the U.S. has named as a trusted distributor.
Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
The official overseas relief arm of the U.S. Catholic bishops. CRS partners with Caritas Cuba to strengthen its capacity and delivered emergency food, hygiene, and water-treatment kits after Hurricane Melissa — the network that carried U.S.-funded storm aid to Cuban families.
Catholic Charities USA
The national network of U.S. Catholic Charities agencies. Partnered on the delivery of critical relief to storm-ravaged Cuba, working through diocesan and Church channels to reach families directly.
Outreach Aid to the Americas (OAA)
A Miami-based faith organization delivering humanitarian aid and supporting independent civil society across Cuba — one of the Protestant and evangelical networks (alongside the Catholic Church) that maintain extensive reach on the island.
B'nai B'rith Cuban Jewish Relief Project
For decades, B'nai B'rith has kept the pharmacy at Havana's Patronato synagogue stocked with medicine and supplies — distributed to Jewish families across the island by the community itself, not the state. A direct channel to one of Cuba's oldest minority communities.
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
The Anabaptist relief agency sends food, canned meat, and hygiene kits to Cuba through the independent Brethren in Christ Church, whose congregations distribute locally — church to neighbor, never through the government. (MCC restricts online gifts earmarked for Cuba; give to its general relief or contact them to direct support.)
The Salvation Army (World Service Office)
The Salvation Army runs 22 corps (churches) across Cuba — plus a seniors' home and an addiction-recovery program — staffed by Cuban officers. Its U.S. World Service Office (SAWSO), an independent 501(c)(3), funds that church-based work directly.
Your gift goes to the charity you choose. QvaPay and New Cuba stand behind it: every gift is tracked per charity and remitted in QUSD to the charity's own QvaPay account. 0% platform fee; payment-processor fees are shown before you pay. Gifts made through God Bless Cuba are not tax-deductible. Gifts to religious organizations in Cuba are authorized under 31 CFR 515.570(c), and to independent civil-society and humanitarian groups under 515.570(g). Every charity is screened against the OFAC SDN list and the Cuba Restricted List. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Department of State. Customer support · Privacy · Terms