Ethiopian Red Cross Society, Addis Ababa branch doubled its members from 30,000 in 2015/16 to 60,000 in the first quarter of 2016/17 budget year. The branch has been striving towards expansion of its membership base with particular focus on corporations and organizations which have large numbers of employees. Mandefro Negash, Resource and Organizational Development Head […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reviewed their three years partnership (2015-2017) on 4 July 2017 at ERCS Training Center. In the review session, achievements in the major areas of partnership, major challenges faced and lessons learnt were brought to the table for strategic discussion by the […]
By Movement communication task force Nyahok ., 27, a mother four, has lined up for firewood along with other South Sudanese refugees at the Leitchour refugee camp in Ethiopias Gambella region, about 900 kilometres west of Addis Ababa. Despite the circumstances, she still has to fulfil her parental responsibility to feed her family. Even though […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) conducted a training program on change for four days at the ERCS Training Center. The training was aimed to familiarize ERCS staff members with the concept of change and ERCS desire for change. Two hundred staff members of the Society attended the training conducted in four rounds from June […]
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) together with the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC, International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) Partner National Societies and other families of the Red Cross colorfully celebrated the world Red Cross Red Crescent Day. The Day was marked in the presence of His Excellency Dr. Mulatu Teshome, Patron […]
The second national moot court competition of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Ethiopia Delegation and Addis Ababa University, School of Law was held from May 11-13, 2017 at Addis Ababa University. The competition was based on a hypothetical IHL case involving classification of armed conflicts, principles […]