Left-wing political organizations and trade unions around the world provided a large amount of medical and food aid to the Republican side. This was accompanied by humanitarian support to both sides provided by national and international aid organisations.

Amercian relief ship for Spain. USA, 1938.
American relief organisations raised some 125,000 dollars (about 2.3 million today) during the war (of which 98,000 was sent after costs). US trade unions raised a further 32,000. (570,000 today.) American Relief Aid and the Spanish Civil War

"I gave so that Spanish children may live, USA, 1938" North American Committee to aid Spanish Democracy.
The North American Committee to aid Spanish Democracy was an umbrella organization for ethnic groups and trade unions set up to donate money, medical necessities and food to Spain
Historian Peter N. Carroll describes this organization as a "Popular Front organization that attracted Communists and Christians alike." Peter N. Carroll (1994). The odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Americans in the Spanish Civil War.

Norwegian tin, probably containing herrings, sent as food aid to the Republic. Found in a Republican trench on the Segre front which fell in late 1938.