youth of the Addis Ababa branch of ERCS sensitized the participants on First Aid and its importance through a short play The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) commemorated World First Aid Day (WFAD) on September 14, 2013 under the theme First Aid and Road Safety. Upon opening the half day ceremony to mark the day […]
Special Zones Vice Administrator and Agricultural Department Head, Ato Girma Bekele,while opening the training The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) organized a National Disaster Response Training (NDRT) program which was conducted from October 21 to 25, 2013 in Kemise town of Oromia Special Zone, Amhara Region. While opening the training, the Special Zones Vice Administrator […]
Professor Jemal Abdulkadir, the prominent medical practitioner and Former President of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), passed at the age of 78 due to natural cause. His body is laid to rest at the Kolfe Muslim Cemetery in Addis Ababa on August 25, 2013. Preofesor Jemal served ERCS as President from 1984-1992 E.C. Apart […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) conducts a press conference which was attended by journalists drawn from various print and electronic media. The press conference was held on October 28, 2013 at ERCS Board Room. Ato Daniel Tegenu, Former President of ERCS, briefed journalists on ERCS major humanitarian and development activities which were undertaken in […]
Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) in collaboration with International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has provided humanitarian assistance worth of 1.6 million CHF through emergency operation of livelihood (DRR), water, health and sanitation programs in Afar and Moyale areas. The intervention areas are usually known by water shortage where drought is […]
Post Date: Monday, August 04, 2014 The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) held its 16th General Assembly on November 1 and 2, 2013 at the Societys Training Center in Addis Ababa. While officially opening the General Assembly Dr. Mulatu Teshome, President of the FDRE and Patron of ERCS, said that the Society that had been […]
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent organized a lessons learned workshop from November 21-22, 2013 at the Ethiopian Red Cross (ERCS) Training Center. The two- days workshop, which attracted more than 30 participants drawn from ERCS Headquarters, Oromia, Moyalle, Jinka, Afar and Guji Branches, was aimed at reflecting on the drought appeal […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) conducted dissemination and consultative meeting with student union leaders and deans of public universities on November 23, 2013 at the Societys Training Center in Addis Ababa. In his welcoming speech, Dr, Solomon Ali, ERCS Deputy Secretary General for Membership and Volunteers disclosed that the Society that has been in […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society(ERCS) marked the 151st World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day with an event named as Walk for Humanity in Addis Ababa on the 11th of May 2014. Some 2,000 participants including management and staff members of ERCS, IFRC, ICRC, partner national societies, Red Cross youth and volunteers, and companies supporting […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) along with the Sweden Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) evaluated and discussed on the future design of food security program in Tigray on February 18 and 19, 2006. Secretary General of ERCS, W/ro Firehiwot Worku, who attended the evaluation meeting in […]