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The Belize Red Cross Society was founded in 1950 by Dr. Daniel Tenenbaum of Belmopan City Hospital. Previously it was part of the British Red Cross.
Grenada Red Cross August 1987: Guatemalan Red Cross: Spanish: Cruz Roja Guatemalteca: 22 April 1923: Guinean Red Cross French: Croix-Rouge guinéenne: 1984: Red Cross of Guinea-Bissau Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha da Guiné-Bissau: Guyana Red Cross Society Haitian Red Cross French: Croix-Rouge haïtienne Haitian Creole: Kwa Wouj Ayisyen
Pages in category "Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies" The following 139 pages are in this category, out of 139 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide.It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering.
The Indonesian Red Cross Society (Indonesian: Palang Merah Indonesia, PMI) is a humanitarian organization in Indonesia. It is a member of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Indonesia is one of the few Muslim-majority countries to use the Red Cross as its symbol. Indonesia is not a strictly faith-based nation. [1]
Belize (/ b ɪ ˈ l iː z, b ɛ-/ ⓘ, bih-LEEZ, beh-; Belize Kriol English: Bileez) is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America.It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south.
The Ottoman Empire established the first Red Cross Society in the Muslim world in 1869. However, this was a Geneva committee effort rather than a national one. They had succeeded in persuading Dr. Abdullah Bey (1801-1974), an Austrian-born Ottoman surgeon, to establish a Red Cross Society in Istanbul at a medical symposium in Paris.