ERCS Celebrates World AIDS Day By Tizazu Wodaje The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) celebrated the World AIDS Day on December 1, 2014 at the ERCS Headquarters in the presence of staff members of the Society. The 2014 World AIDS Day was celebrated under the theme of Zero New HIV infection. While reading out the […]
Delegation of the NLRC visits ERCS Somali Branch By Bekalu Ayalew Delegation of the Netherland Red Cross (NLRC) paid a working visit to the Somali Regional Branch of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society from November 19-20, 20014. The visiting delegation of NLRC was accompanied by Ato Abebe Kebede, Board Treasurer, W/ro Zami Yenus, Board Member, […]
ERCS Board Members hold talk with their NLRC Counterparts By Tizazu Wodaje Members of the Governing Board of the Ethiopian Red Cross (ERCS) received and held talks with the delegation from the Netherlands Red Cross (NLRC) on November 17, 2014 at ERCS Board Room. The visiting delegation comprised of the President, Board Members and the […]
Workshop conducts on Red Cross Movement By Tizazu Wodaje A workshop on Mapping and Reflection of the Red Cross Movement in Ethiopia was conducted from November 12-13, 2014 at the Training Center of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS). The objective of the workshop was to review the current activities of Red Cross movement in […]
ERCS launches a chronic crisis focused project in Somali Region By Tizazu Wodaje The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) in collaboration with the Netherland Red Cross launched a Chronic Crisis project that can benefit 50,000 people in Somali Region. The launching ceremony was held on November 5, 2014 at Plaza Hotel in Jigjiga Town in […]
Mr. Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), praised the humanitarian activities of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS). Mr. Maurer made this remark on October 29, 2014 while he was visiting the ERCS and discussing with Board and management members of the ERCS regarding the joint humanitarian interventions in […]
A four-day training program on Disaster Response Capacity Evaluation (DRCE) was conducted from October 8-11, 2014 at the Ghion Hotel. DRCE is a method developed by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to measure a national societys capacity to respond in cases of disaster. It can assess a response either […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) has reached out for flood victims in Zone 3, Dulecha and Amibara Woredas (districts) of Afar Regional State. The flood was caused by torrential rain that has been pouring down since October 7, 2014. It was also noted that the displaced people are now taking refuge at the nearby […]
Participants of Sino-Africa Humanitarian Cooperation Seminar W/ro Frehiwot Worku, Secretary General of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) along Ato Hagos Gemechu, Deputy Secretary General for programs at the ERCS returned home after attending a Sino-African Humanitarian Cooperation Seminar held from August 19-25,2014 in China. The seminar was aimed at building the capacity of Red […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) provided training on change and human resource management to Zonal and Woreda Red Cross branch Heads of the Sothern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR). The training was held from August 11-12, 2014 at Wolayta Sodo-GUTARA. Opening the Training, Ato Meskele Nedja, a Treasurer at the Wolayta Zonal Red […]