Mr. Mohammad Araghi, Director General of International Affairs of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) payed a one day visit to Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) on 24 August 2017. Mr. Araghi expressed the interest of IRCS to work in partnership with ERCS in areas of health. He also stated that both […]
Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) has distributed 82,475 kilos of supplementary food and 13194 liters of edible oil to drought affected communities in Hamer Woreda, South Omo zone. The distribution, done in collaboration with Spanish Red Cross, benefited a total of 4396 drought affected children under five age, pregnant and lactating women among the community. […]
Mrs. Frehiwot Worku, Secretary General (SG) of Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), received H.E. Mr. Ehzad Khakpour, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and discussed on how to develop partnership between ERCS and the Red Crescent Society of Iran (RCSI) on August 10, 2017.Expressing her warm welcome […]
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 […]