Society stages humanitarian exhibition, bazaar By Fekadu Ethiopia Dr. Kebede Worku, FDRE State Minister for Health, officially opening the humanitarian exhibition and bazaar The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) staged a humanitarian exhibition and bazaar at the Addis Ababa Exhibition Center in Addis Ababa from August 15 to 18, 2014. Dr. Kebede Worku, FDRE State […]
H. E. Elhadj Amadou As Sy, the new Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) pledged to support and strengthen the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) based on the master plan and the framework developed by the latter. Upon completing the discussion that H. E. Elhadj Amadou As […]
By Tizazu Wodaje The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) organized a panel discussion and policy discourse under the theme of Enhancing System and Community Resilience Contemporary Humanitarian Challenges and Prospects for Change and Transformation in Ethiopia on August 16, 2014 at the Addis Ababa Exhibition Center. The panel discussion was held in the presence of […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society(ERCS) conducted 2013/14 annual plan performance review of its Tigray Regional branch from 6-7 August 2014 in Adigrat at Eve hotel. Ato Yemane Zeray Board chairman of Tigray Branch in his opening speech said that, in this fiscal year plan performance evaluation should focus on performance against plan and the lessons […]
By Bekalu Ayalew The Ethiopian Red Cross Society conducted 2013/14 annual plan performance review of its Southern Nation Nationalities and Peoples branch from 31 July to 1 August 2014 in Hawassa held at Harmony hotel. Ato Tamene Tesema Board chairman of the Branch in his opening speech said that, this fiscal year achievements of the […]
Dear RCRC families, Ladies and Gentlemen, Ethiopian Red Cross Society has continued scaling up its effort to provide effective humanitarian services throughout the country. Currently, the Society is engaged in emergency response, food security, environmental protection, Water and sanitation, health and care and other humanitarian and developmental initiatives that contribute much for lives of many […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) undertakes the national Red Cross youth council general assembly held at Addis Ababa Exhibition Center and Market Development Enterprise from August 15-16, 2014. Opening the general assembly representative of the Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General for Branch and Resource Development at ERCS, Dr. Solomon Ali, said that, the […]
Ethiopian Red Cross Society commemorated the 150th anniversary of world Red Cross and Red Crescent day under the international motto 150 years of humanitarian action and with a national motto of 77 years of humanitarian action on May 4, 2013 at Addis Ababa Stadium. In a keynote message delivered by his representative, Ato Kuma Demeksa, […]
In the village of Genda Yusuf in the Goro Gutu region of eastern Ethiopia, women are demonstrating a new kind of eco-stove. Made from cement, it cooks injera, the Ethiopian staple, and boils water at the same time, burning only a fraction of the fuel that a traditional stove would and producing hardly any smoke. […]
President Girma Wolde-Giorgis, patron of the Society officially commenced the SMS lottery game of Ethiopian Red Cross Society. The SMS lottery which is started on April 1, 2013, is mainly aimed at fund raising with a vision to enable the Society further enhance humanitarian and developmental activities it has been undertaking over the years. Moreover, […]