The Inter­na­tional Fed­er­a­tion of Red Cross and Red Cres­cent Soci­eties is the world’s largest human­i­tar­ian orga­ni­za­tion, pro­vid­ing assis­tance with­out dis­crim­i­na­tion as to nation­al­ity, race, reli­gious beliefs, class or polit­i­cal opinions.

Founded in 1919, the Inter­na­tional Fed­er­a­tion com­prises 186 mem­ber Red Cross and Red Cres­cent soci­eties, a Sec­re­tariat in Geneva and more than 60 del­e­ga­tions strate­gi­cally located to sup­port activ­i­ties around the world. There are more soci­eties in for­ma­tion. The Red Cres­cent is used in place of the Red Cross in many Islamic countries.

The Federation’s vision: We strive, through vol­un­tary action, for a world of empow­ered com­mu­ni­ties, bet­ter able to address human suf­fer­ing and crises with hope, respect for dig­nity and a con­cern for equity.

Our mis­sion is to improve the lives of vul­ner­a­ble peo­ple by mobi­liz­ing the power of human­ity. Vul­ner­a­ble peo­ple are those who are at great­est risk from sit­u­a­tions that threaten their sur­vival, or their capac­ity to live with an accept­able level of social and eco­nomic secu­rity and human dig­nity. Often, these are vic­tims of nat­ural dis­as­ters, poverty brought about by socio-economic crises, refugees, and vic­tims of health emergencies.

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Web­site: www.ifrc.org

Sources: ifrc.org

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