Belarus Red Cross
Белорусский Красный Крест | |
Formation | 1967 |
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Purpose | Humanitarian aid |
Headquarters | Minsk, Belarus |
Region | Belarus |
Secretary General | Olga Mychko |
Chairman | Dmitry Pinevich |
Parent organization | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
Staff | 366 (2016)[1] |
Volunteers | 22,459 (2016) [1] |
Website | http://redcross.by/ |
The Belarusian Red Cross Society (Belarusian: Беларускае Таварыства Чырвонага Крыжа, romanized: Byelaruskaye Tavarystva Chyrvonaha Kryzha; Russian: Белорусское Общество Красного Креста, romanized: Belorusskoye Obshchestvo Krasnogo Kresta) is a Belarusian humanitarian organization and a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Its purpose is to prevent and alleviate human suffering wherever and whenever it occurs, voluntarily and without discrimination.
Though first operating in the territory of what is now Belarus in 1872 as the Minsk local branch of the Russian Red Cross, the organization was officially founded in 1967. Within Belarus, it currently operates 166 regional and local branches.[2][3]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Belarus Red Cross FDRS Indicators". Data.ifrc.org. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ↑ "History of the Belarusian Red Cross Society". Redcross.by (in Russian). Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ↑ "Belarus: ICRC brings together 14 countries to discuss international humanitarian law". International Committee of the Red Cross. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
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