Currently, an estimated 61 million Ethiopians lack access to safe water and 65 million lack access to improved sanitation, with 27 million of those practicing open defecation . The lack of clean water and absence of adequate sanitation has serious impacts on health, especially for children, with diarrheal diseases being the second largest cause of […]
In the last six months of the fiscal year, a total of 435,000 beneficiaries have received support from the Ethiopian Red Cross Society. Of these, 240,000 were internally displaced people and conflict induced victims. The Society spent close to 78 million birr in providing emergency food and non-food items to support people affected by conflict […]
የኢትዮጵያ ቀይ መስቀል ማኅበር አዲስ አበባ ቅርንጫፍ 6546 አጭር የፅሁፍ መልዕክትን በመጠቀም የአባላት ምዝገባ እና የእርዳታ ማሰባሰብ ስራዎችን ሊጀምር ነው፡፡ ቅርንጫፍ ጽ/ቤቱ ይህን ይፋ ያደረገው የካቲት 05 ቀን 2011 ዓ.ም በኢትዮጵያ ሆቴል በሰጠው ጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ ላይ ነው፡፡ የቅርንጫፉ ኃላፊ አቶ አበባው በቀለ በሰጡት ጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ፣ ቅርንጫፍ ጽ/ቤቱ ላለፉት 38 ዓመታት ሲጠቀምበት የነበረው የቤት ለቤት […]
ኢትዮ ቴሌኮም 980 ሺህ ብር የሚያወጣ የአምቡላንስ ድጋፍ ለኢትዮጵያ ቀይ መስቀል ማህበር አበረከተ፡፡ ድርጅቱ ሠራተኞቹን በማስተባበር አሁን ያበረከተውን አምቡላንስ ጨምሮ በተለያዩ ሰብዓዊ ተግባራት ድጋፍ ለመስጠት ከማህበሩ ጋር በትብብር እንደሚሰራ አስታውቋል፡፡ የካቲት 04 ቀን 2011 ዓ.ም በማህበሩ አዲስ አበባ ቅርንጫፍ ጽ/ቤት በተካሄደው ርክክብ ስነ ስርዓት ላይ የተገኙት አዲሱ የኢትዮጵያ ቀይ መስቀል ማህበር ዋና ፀሀፊ ዶ/ር […]
From 23-25 January 2019, the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) and its Partner National Societies held a workshop on reviewing the implementation of the 2018 emergency response and establishing a common understanding on the roles and responsibilities of both parties towards carrying out the 2019 plan. In 2018, ERCS delivered emergency support to 750,922 […]
For the past nine months Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), supported by the Canadian Red Cross (CRC), have been engaged in helping communities react to natural and man-made disasters by utilizing their own local capacities. The pilot initiative, called Community Based Disaster Reduction Management (CBDRM), is being implemented in three zones namely North Wollo, West […]
Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), with the support from Danish, Swiss and Canadian Red Cross Societies, has begun distributing emergency food assistance to internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kembata-Tembaro Zone of Southern Nations, Nationalities and People Regional State (SNNPR) on 19 December 2018. The supplementary food is being distributed to 2,322 pregnant and breastfeeding […]
Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), in partnership with the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC), has stepped up efforts to ensure internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Moyale Woredas of Oromia and Somali regions have access to cash in order to meet their basic needs. Since April 2018, the Red Cross has provided 3,000 […]
Chora Woreda, Ilubabur Zone of Oromia Regional State is among the many places affected by conflicts that have occurred in Ethiopia in the past year. W/ro Zainab Seid lived in Chora Woreda with her husband and three children but had to flee to Qobo Woreda in North Wollo Zone of Amhara Region due to conflict. […]
Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), in partnership with Swiss Red Cross, has started distribution of 33,300kg of maize flours and 2,220 liters of cooking oil to thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Moyale Woreda of Oromia and Somali regions. According to the data from woredas of Somali and Oromia regions, the conflict in […]