The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ቀይ መስቀል ማህበር) is a

health facility A health facility is, in general, any location where healthcare is provided. Health facilities range from small clinics and doctor's offices to urgent care centers and large hospitals with elaborate emergency rooms and trauma centers. The numbe ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. It was founded and recognized by the

ICRC The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC; french: Comité international de la Croix-Rouge) is a humanitarian organization which is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and it is also a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate. State parties (signator ...

in 1935. In 2002, it had 5.8 million fee paying adult members and about 200,000 volunteers.

Leadership

{{As of April 2018, Abera Tola was president of ERCS and elected for 2nd term as president as of July, 2022

References

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External links

Official Site
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