Ato Abera Tola, President of the Ethiopian Red Cross society and board member of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies extended his heartfelt wishes of peace, health, and hope to all staff, volunteers, members, and partners. Ato Abera said on his message that the year behind has not been without […]
Ato Abera Tola, President of the Ethiopian Red Cross society and board member of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, extended his heartfelt wishes of peace, health, and hope to all staff, volunteers, members, and partners. Ato Abera said on his message that the year behind has not been without […]
ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric has sent a heartfelt letter of condolences to the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), expressing solidarity with our National Society, Honelign’s family, and colleagues. In her message, President Spoljaric paid tribute to Honelign’s unwavering commitment to humanitarian principles and his dedicated service to the most vulnerable, describing his sacrifice as a […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society, with financial support from the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), has inaugurated a solar-powered clean drinking water project in Dada Kare Kebele, Kindo Koisha Woreda, Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopian region and is now open for service to the local community. The Chief Administrator of Wolaita Zone and […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society provided humanitarian assistance to those displaced by the landslide in Gedeo zone, Rapa woreda, Cheraka, Haro and Dakua kebeles in the Southern Ethiopian Region, and in Kembata zone, Angacha woreda, Zobecho kebele in the Central Ethiopian Region on August 27, 2025. The assistance included blankets, carpets, tarpaulins for temporary shelter, […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, held a handover ceremony for newly built houses for landslide victims in the Gofa Zone of the Southern Ethiopian Regional government. During the ceremony, ERCS officially […]
Last week, the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) laid to rest Honelign Fentahun, a dedicated humanitarian program coordinator in North Gondar, Amhara Region. Honelign was abducted with two colleagues and endured brutal torture before losing his life. Yesterday, ERCS President Abera Tola Gada visited Honelign’s grieving family — his wife and three young children, ages […]
The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has provided medicines, medical supplies and equipment worth more than 150 Million Birr to the Ethiopian Red Cross Society under the Ethiopia Crises to Resilience program(EC2R). The aim of the support is to ensure that 38 health facilities in four regions namely Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz, Oromia and […]
In the war-affected landscapes of South Eastern Tigray, access to emergency healthcare has often been a matter of life and death. For years, the people of Enderta, Deguwa Temben, Hagere Selam, Hintalo districts – including Mekele endured the absence of reliable ambulance services. Mothers in labor, critically ill patients, and accident victims faced long, dangerous […]
When conflict strikes, it is often the simplest needs – water to drink, to cook, to wash – that become the hardest to meet. In the South Eastern Zone of Tigray, Ethiopia, years of conflict left entire communities struggling to access safe water, with damaged infrastructure, unsafe collection points, and long, exhausting walks for women […]