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A 43.43 Million Birr Community Drought Response and Recovery Initiative is Being Carried out in the Somali Region.

December 8, 2023

The ERCS delegation embarked on a visit to the Red Cross Society of China from Nov 17-22, 2023.

December 8, 2023

“በአለም አቀፍ ደረጃ የርሃብ አደጋ በአስከፊ ሁኔታ ሊባባስ ይችላል” – የአለም አቀፍ ቀይ መስቀል ቀይ ጨረቃ ንቅናቄ

September 16, 2022

አዲስ አበባ፣ መስከረም 6፣ 2014፤ በአለም አቀፍ ደረጃ የርሃብ አደጋ በአስከፊ ሁኔታ ሊባባስ እንደሚችል የአለም አቀፍ ቀይ መስቀል ቀይ ጨረቃ ንቅናቄ አስጠንቀቀ፡፡ በግጭት፣ በአየር ንብረት ለውጥ፣ ኢኮኖሚያዊ ቀውስ እና አለመረጋጋት ምክንያት በዓለምአቀፍ ደረጃ ከ140 ሚሊዮን በላይ ሰዎች ለከፋ የምግብ ዋስትና እጦት የተዳረጉ ሲሆን ይህም የርሃብ መጠን በሚቀጥሉት ወራት በእጅጉ ሊያድግ ይችላል፡፡ ከአየር ንብረት ጋር የተያያዙ […]

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society is evacuating residents at risk of flooding in the Afar region

September 9, 2022

Semera August 2, 2014፡ The Ethiopian Red Cross (ERCS) is evacuating people from the Dubti district in the Afar region to designated areas. ERCS has developed a system to predict flood risk where precautions are already being taken to help mitigate the risk. A call has been made for the residents of areas that are […]

Five districts of the Afar region suspected of flooding

September 8, 2022

Semera, September 4, 2014 – the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) carried out awareness raising for volunteers about flood prevention in the Afar Dubti area. Abraham Tesfaye, Coordinator of Innovative Approach for response and Preparedness (IRAP) at the ERCS, who gave a presentation, said that flood prevention work will be done. 2000 sand bags would […]

Society receives vehicles worth more than Birr 70 million

August 24, 2022

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) has received 39 ambulances and other light vehicles worth more than Birr 70 million from the International Committee of the Red Cross (18 ambulances and 17 light vehicles), as well as the Netherlands (2 light vehicles) and Austrian Red Crosses (2 ambulances). In addition to the 35 vehicles, the […]

Inception workshop conducted

August 19, 2022

On 9th of August 2022, ERCS has conducted a one day Cash Transfer Program (CTP) inception workshop to implement Hunger Crisis Response Project in the most affected areas of the SNNP, Somali and Oromia Regions. Representatives from the relevant government offices of the target beneficiaries participated. The project is designed to benefit 4,323HH through multipurpose […]

19ኛው የኢትዮጵያ ቀይ መስቀል ማኅበር ጠቅላላ ጉባዔ ተካሄደ

July 29, 2022

“ያለፉት ሦስት አመታት ሕዝባችንና አገራችን ከፍተኛ ችግር ውስጥ የነበርንበትና እና ከዚህም ውስጥ ለመውጣት በጋራ ትግል ያደረግንበት ወቅት ነው፡፡ በዚህ ጉዞ ውስጥ የኢትዮጵያ ቀይ መስቀል ማኅበር ግንባር ቀደም ሚና እየተጫወተ ይገኛል፡፡ የዜጎችን ህይወት ታድጓል፣ የተከፉትን፣ ልባቸው የተሰበረ ቤተሰቦችን አንገት ቀና ለማድረግ ችሏል፡፡” ፕሬዚዳንት ሳህለወርቅ ዘውዴ፣ የማኅበሩ የበላይ ጠባቂ በጉባዔው መክፈቻ ላይ ካደረጉት ንግግር (ሐምሌ 9/2014) በጠቅላላው […]

ICRC and IFRC Convey Solidarity Messages

July 29, 2022

Solidarity messages conveyed on the occasion of the 19th General Assembly of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society on the16th of July 2022. The Assembly recognized the support of ICRC, IFRC and Partner National Societies working to save lives and livelihoods of the vulnerable in Ethiopia due to man and nature made disasters.

Ethiopian Red Cross Society holds its 19th National General Assembly

July 29, 2022

The 19th General Assembly of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society elected on Saturday the 16th of July 2022 its Governing Board members for the next four years. The photo shows the elected members taking an oath infront of the GA. Left to right: Amb. Dr. Taufick Abdullahi, Dr. Dereje Duguma, Dr. Fozia Amin (Deputy President), […]