The Indian Red Cross is a voluntary humanitarian organization having a network of over 700 branches throughout the country, providing relief in times of disasters/emergencies and promotes health & care of the vulnerable people and communities. It is a leading member of the largest independent humanitarian organization in the world, the International Red Cross & Red Crescent Movement. More»
NEWS
IRCS Expresses Gratitude to its Blood Donors 14.06.2009
This year’s theme for World Blood Donor Day 2009 is “Achieving 100 percent non-remunerated donation of blood and blood components”. Experts on blood services emphasized unanimously in a seminar hosted by the IRCS, “This can be achieved by blood donor motivation, retention of regular voluntary donors and motivation of replacement donors to become voluntary.”
In the same seminar Dr. S. P. Agarwal, Secretary General, IRCS stated, “The IRCS Blood Bank at National Headquarters has already achieved 84 percent non-remunerated voluntary donation of blood. More»
IRCS Equips Itself with National Disaster Water Sanitation Response Team 26.05.2009
According to World Health Organization around 1.1 billion people globally do not have access to improved water supply sources whereas 2.4 billion people do not have access to any type of
improved sanitation facility. About 2 million people die every year due to diarrhoeal diseases and most of them are children less than 5 years of age. These figures can flabbergast anyone and everyone. The situation worsens if there is a disaster. Perennial flooding is a common phenomenon not only for India but also in neighbouring countries such as Bangladesh and Nepal. More»
Indian Red Cross launches “Our world. Your Move” - Campaign 08.05.2009
Ms. S. Jalaja, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Ayush hoisted the Red Cross flag, planted a sapling and launched ‘Our World. Your Move’ global campaign of the Red
Cross on World Red Cross Day. She equated the founder of the Red Cross Sir Jean Henry Dunant with Albert Einstein and Mahatma Gandhi who all in their own fields crystallized ideas and discovered scientific and humanitarian facts that made a difference on the world community. More»
Red Cross Exploring Partnerships 27.02.2009
The Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) has developed its four-year Strategic Development Plan (2009-12), together with sectoral goals and objectives in line with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ Global Agenda Goals. These are also aimed to contribute towards Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations. To accomplish this, IRCS held a high level Partnership Meeting on 27th February 2009, during which it presented its strategies and future priorities based on the proposals received from the Red Cross branches across the country. More»
Red Cross adopts Strategic Plan 24.02.2009
Prof. (Dr) S.P. Agarwal, Secretary General of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) in his address during the one-day State Secretaries Conference convened on February 24th, 2009 at Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Agricultural Science Complex, New Delhi said “Millennium Development Goals devised by the United Nations are being supported by most of the Governments and developmental agencies. These primarily relate to reducing extreme poverty, arrest child mortality rate and fighting diseases & epidemics. More»
Donation 23.12.2008
“He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will reward him for what he has done” is a meaningful maxim that has and will continue inspiring many of us. Mrs. Sumitra Devi from Dearborn, Michigan, USA recently donated Rs. 1,00,000 to Indian Red Cross Society through cheque for its noble efforts for the needy, informed Dr. S.P. Agarwal, Secretary General, IRCS in officers’ meeting on December 22nd, 2008. More»
Red Cross Response to Terrorist Attacks on Mumbai 4.12.2008
The branch officials waited till morning as there was tension, confusion, chaos and public transport system had come to a halt. However, two ambulances were deployed, with volunteers, at Taj Hotels for moving
Red Cross Global Alliance to battle HIV Launched 01.12.2008
On the occasion of World AIDS Day 2008, the Indian Red Cross Society along with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (The International Federation) launched the “South Asia Red Cross Red Crescent Global Alliance on HIV” as part of a global effort to scale up HIV programming. The aim is to double the outreach of Red Cross Red Crescent HIV programmes in the region by targeting more than 1.5 million people. More»
