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 […]
ማኅበሩ ግንቦት 1 ቀን 2011 ዓ.ም በሂልተን ሆቴል ሲያከብር የተገኙት ክብርት የኢፌድሪ ፕሬዝዳንት እና የማኅበሩ የበላይ ጠባቂ ወ/ሮ ሳህለወርቅ ዘውዴ እንደተናገሩት ማኅበሩ ከሀገር ውስጥ የሚገኘውን ድጋፍ የማጠናከር እና የአባላቱን እንዲሁም በጎ ፈቃደኞችን ቁጥር ከፍ ለማድረግ የጀመረውን እንቅስቃሴ ቀዳሚ ትኩረት ሰጥቶ ሊያስቀጥል እንደሚገባ አሳስበዋል፡፡ የዘንድሮ የዓለም ዓቀፍ ቀይ መስቀል እና ቀይ ጨረቃ ቀን በዓለም ዓቀፍ ደረጃ […]
The Emergency Operation Center (EOC) inaugurated on the 25th of April 2019 believed to increase the Society’s efficiency in communicating and coordinating support for immediate emergency response. The Center which primarily aims to reduce disaster response cycle time is realized in collaboration with the Canadian Red Cross under the Capacity Strengthening for Emergency Response in […]
የቦሌ ክፍለ ከተማ ወረዳ 08 እናቶች “የተጎዳን ለመርዳት እናት መሆን በቂ ነው” በሚል መሪ ቃል ለተፈናቃይ ወገኖች መርጃ የሚሆን 150,000 ብር እና የተለያዩ አልባሳትን በማሰባሰብ ለኢትዮጵያ ቀይ መስቀል ማኅበር ሚያዝያ 05 ቀን 2011 ዓ.ም አበርክተዋል፡፡ ድጋፉን የእርዳታ አሰባሳቢ ኮሚቴው ሰብሳቢ ወ/ሮ ሶሪት ከሊፋ ለማኅበሩ ቦርድ አባል አምባሳደር ዶ/ር ቶፊቅ አብዱላሂ አስረክበዋል፡፡ በስነ-ስርዓቱ ላይ የድጋፍ […]
Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) recognized a total of 49 volunteers and staffs on 06th April, 2019, who were involved in humanitarian emergency services during the sad crash of Boeing 737 Max 8 plane near Bishoftu Town, on March 10, 2019. In addition to volunteers and staff members, the Society has assigned 15 ambulances and […]
Canadian Red Cross Society has handed over a heavy truck worth more than 4 million Birr to the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) on April 4, 2019, at ERCS Center for Capacity Building for Humanitarian Services. The donation aims to support the emergency response activities the Society is currently undertaking. Canadian Red Cross and Ethiopian […]