Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) purchased 50 ambulances and distributed them to six of the regional branches on the handing over ceremony held at the ERCS Training Center on 14 July 2017. This will increase the number of the Ambulance Stations to 360 and the number of ambulances to 435. W/o Frehiwot Worku, ERCS Secretary […]
Employees of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society undertook Change initiative training in a bid to motivate and engage themselves in the ongoing change process of the National Society. The training which was held on December 01, 2016 at ERCS training center was aimed at strengthening the knowledge and awareness of the strategic direction of the […]
Negussie Negash The Ethiopian Red Cross Society /ERCS/ in collaboration with the International Committee of Red Cross /ICRC/ and Canadian Red Cross (CRC) conducted Disaster Preparedness and Response capacity building training for 105 of its staff and volunteers at Hawassa, Oromya and Mekelle cities starting from November 7 to 13 , 2016. The training aims […]
Ethiopian Red Cross Society, Addis Ababa branch doubled its members from 30,000 in 2015/16 to 60,000 in the first quarter of 2016/17 budget year. The branch has been striving towards expansion of its membership base with particular focus on corporations and organizations which have large numbers of employees. Mandefro Negash, Resource and Organizational Development Head […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reviewed their three years partnership (2015-2017) on 4 July 2017 at ERCS Training Center. In the review session, achievements in the major areas of partnership, major challenges faced and lessons learnt were brought to the table for strategic discussion by the […]
By Movement communication task force Nyahok ., 27, a mother four, has lined up for firewood along with other South Sudanese refugees at the Leitchour refugee camp in Ethiopias Gambella region, about 900 kilometres west of Addis Ababa. Despite the circumstances, she still has to fulfil her parental responsibility to feed her family. Even though […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) conducted a training program on change for four days at the ERCS Training Center. The training was aimed to familiarize ERCS staff members with the concept of change and ERCS desire for change. Two hundred staff members of the Society attended the training conducted in four rounds from June […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) together with the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC, International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) Partner National Societies and other families of the Red Cross colorfully celebrated the world Red Cross Red Crescent Day. The Day was marked in the presence of His Excellency Dr. Mulatu Teshome, Patron […]
The second national moot court competition of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Ethiopia Delegation and Addis Ababa University, School of Law was held from May 11-13, 2017 at Addis Ababa University. The competition was based on a hypothetical IHL case involving classification of armed conflicts, principles […]