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The Fiji Red Cross Society is a humanitarian organisation which currently has 16 branches across Fiji. [1] Originally founded in 1952 as a branch of the British Red Cross , it gained status as a stand-alone national red cross society in 1972.
Tanzania Red Cross Society Swahili: Shirika la Msalaba Mwekundu Tanzania: 1962: Thai Red Cross Society: Thai: สภากาชาดไทย: 26 April 1893: Togolese Red Cross: French: Croix-Rouge togolaise: 1959: Tonga Red Cross Society: 1961: Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross Society: 12 July 1939: Tunisian Red Crescent
He was a fourth generation European Fijian and his father, Sir Maurice Scott was the first European Speaker in the Parliament of Fiji. [1] Scott joined the Red Cross in 1994 and played a key mediation role after George Speight seized parliament on 19 May 2000 and took Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and his
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A horizontal bicolour of white and red with a red cross in the canton. Similar to the Polish flag. 1867–1869 Flag of the Kingdom of Bau: A horizontal tricolour of white, blue and red, with a golden sunburst in the centre and a crown in the canton. [14] Similar to the Russian flag. 1865–1867 Flag of the Confederacy of Independent Kingdoms of ...
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a worldwide humanitarian aid organization that reaches 160 million people each year through its 191 member National Societies. [4] It acts before, during and after disasters and health emergencies to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people.
On 1 July 2001, Red Cross leader John Maurice Scott and his partner, Gregory Scrivener, were brutally murdered in Suva, in an apparent homophobic attack with a possible political motive. [41] Scott and Scrivener's story has become the subject of a 2008 New Zealand documentary, An Island Calling . [ 42 ]
The IFRC and local Red Cross were critical in disaster response receiving dynamic updates from the NDMO . [40] Their activity covered risk and damage assessment, provision of essentials supplies as well as medical support for minor injuries. The Red Cross had prepositioned emergency supplies and worked to get these to priority locations. [1]