Volunteers and Employees of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society watered tree seedlings they have planted during the Green Legacy campaign last August. Over one hundred employees and youth volunteers from the HQs and Addis Ababa Branch have taken part in the watering activity which took place on Saturday, 2nd of November, 2019. Head of Addis […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) recognizes its Branch Offices for their achievements in domestic resource mobilization. The recognized Branch Offices have managed to collect 20 million birr from the sale of coupons in three months. During the recognition ceremony, ERCS Secretary General Meshesha Shewarega (PhD) hailed the branch offices for their tremendous contributions towards […]
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Secretary General H.E Elhadj As Sy paid a working visit to the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) Felwuha Multi-purpose building project, and the Society’s Emergency Operation Center from October 21 to 23, 2019. The Secretary General came to visit the Ethiopian Red Cross Society […]
This is Alem Agegnehu a mother of two children and a 25 year old resident of Ebnat Woreda. We found her while making Enjera, Ethiopians staple made of Teff, a grain indigenous to Ethiopia. It is of course gaining popularity and worldwide acceptance for its nutritional uniqueness and gluten free content. Located 690 kilometers north […]
A delegation from Zambia Red Cross Society (ZRCS) paid an exchange learning visit to the Ethiopian Red Cross Society’s Pneumonia Reduction Project implementation sites in South Gondar Zone of the Amhara Regional State. Financed by the Netherlands Red Cross Society (NLRS) the Pneumonia Reduction Project aims at reducing under-five morbidity and mortality due to Pneumonia […]
The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) commemorated under the theme ‘Build to Last’, 14 October 2019, Hilton Addis focusing on reducing disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services. During the celebration, messages conveyed on avoiding or preventing disaster damage through risk-informed approach to the development, construction and maintenance of critical […]
A sheer smile fills Fatuma Hassan’s face when talking about a clinic built by the Ethiopian Red Cross society in her vicinity. Found in Chiro town of the West Hararghe Zone in the State of Oromia, the clinic has been there for nearly eleven years. Fatuma, 58, has come here the second time. She is […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) has supported 650 households to breed 2000 goats and 250 heifers worth USD 306,075.95. This nine month pilot project of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) funded by Qatar Fund for Development on livelihood resilience was kick-off in January 2019 and implemented for the most vulnerable drought affected and food […]
The Charter of the ERCS stipulates that Head of State of Ethiopia is the patron of the Society. Accordingly, President Sahlework Zewdie has become the Patron of the Society since her assumption of power in October last year. The Patron, on 1st of August, 2019 has paid an official visit to the Society’s Headquarters where […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society in partnership with the Canadian Red Cross inaugurated the Dadakare water project constructed in Kindo Koisha district of the Wolaita Zone, in the State of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples. The project which is part of the Response for Drought Project includes two water points, reservoir and purifier that gives […]