The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), one of the 192 national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies around the world, was founded on July 8th, 1935, by government Decree, following the second Italian invasion of Ethiopia. It began by providing humanitarian services to wounded soldiers and civilian victims. That same year on the 25th of September 1935, ERCS was officially recognized as the 48th member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
ERCS strategic objectives aim to create a disaster preparedness and response framework that addresses immediate humanitarian needs.
ERCS aims to empower communities to anticipate, withstand, adapt to, and recover from shocks and stresses including those caused by natural hazards, climate change, displacement, social tensions, and economic instability.
The aim of this initiative is to ensure access to humanitarian lifesaving and life sustaining health services to target populations through integrating health and nutrition programs.
Enhance the active engagement of membership and volunteers in all Red Cross activities through modernizing the membership and volunteers’ recruitment, engagement and data registration processes of the national society through digital technology.
This priority aims to institutionalize humanitarian diplomacy, foster data-driven advocacy, promote cohesive communication practices, and elevate ERCS’s presence in national, regional, and global humanitarian arenas.
Establishing, nurturing, and maintaining strategic relationships with various
stakeholders, including government agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the private sector, UN agencies, donors, and other humanitarian actors.
This priority focuses on strengthening internal systems, leadership, and operational capacity to ensure efficiency, responsiveness, and credibility, positioning ERCS as the partner of choice in Ethiopia’s humanitarian landscape.
Financial sustainability will be ensured, through mobilizing increased amounts of local and international funds, expanding and diversifying IGAs schemes, promoting optimal development of physical assets (lands) in collaboration with the private sectors, and placing effective resource management and utilization strategies.
We wholeheartedly welcome you to join our humanitarian endeavor!
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