Cika wannan jumla: A 1908 an
Girgizar kasa da Tsunami sun lalata yankin da ke kewaye da Tekun Messina. Jama'ar Amurka sun ba da gudummawar kusan dala miliyan 1 ga Red Cross na Amurka wanda aka aika zuwa Italiya ta hanyar Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen, tare da dala 800,000 a cikin kudaden jama'a. Shawarar yin amfani da Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen don rarraba kudade, maimakon a aika da su kai tsaye zuwa Red Cross na Italiya, ya nuna cewa kungiyar ta juya daga kungiyar Red Cross ta kasa da kasa zuwa ga bukatun Amurka. Wannan shi ne babban martani na farko na ARC ga bala'in farar hula na kasa da kasa.