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Children at Lanao Elementary School. 22/10/2015. Philippines, Cebu, Daanbantayan, Lanao. Learning how to wash hands. Photo by Eli Tambiga. Japanese Red Cross Society / Philippine Red CrossPhilippines. Aklan, 2015. Thirteen towns under the municipality of New Washington turned up for the ceremonial turnover of constructed shelters last November 12, led by Philippine Red Cross and delegates from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) who have been working tirelessly in Aklan the past two years.

PHILIPPINE RED CROSS SOCIETY

Born officially in 1947, the Philippine Red Cross serves as an auxiliary to the government to provide relief, health and welfare assistance to the most vulnerable people in the country.

The National Society adopts a holistic approach to its humanitarian work and offers a wider array of services from preventive medicine to therapeutic counselling, to youth leadership. The National Society works in partnership with non-government agencies and with private groups to achieve effective networking and implementation of its services.

Launched in 2009, its ambitious volunteer programme, ‘Red Cross 143’, aims to train 1.8 million volunteers nationwide in community based disaster preparedness and response, as well as in first aid.

Philippine Red Cross Society

37 EDSA corner Boni Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550

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    Key information

    Branch Offices: With a total of 86 chapters and 16 sub chapters (totalling 103 chapters nationwide) the Philippine Red Cross is represented across all provinces

    Date Established: Formed and recognised by the ICRC and IFRC in 1947.

    Funding: Philippine Red Cross, through its various fund campaign programs and special events, relies on public and private individual and corporate support to sustain its humanitarian efforts.

    IFRC Country Delegation? Yes

    Key Persons Chairman: Mr. Richard Gordon. Secretary General: Atty. Oscar Palabyab

    Legal Status: The consolidation of the Senate Bill 3285 and House Bill 6509 was signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and is now known as Republic Act No. 10072 or The Philippine Red Cross Act of 2009. The Act reaffirms the country’s “conformity with the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their additional protocols, and the Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement,” as well as a confirmation of Philippine Red Cross’ stand as a “voluntary, independent and autonomous nongovernmental society auxiliary to the authorities of the Republic of the Philippines in the humanitarian field.” According to the Act, the Philippine Red Cross is exempt from real property taxes, direct and indirect taxes, duties and fees that emerge from its operations and its exclusive importations and purchases.

    Major Partners: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
    Partners: German, Japanese, American, Australian, Netherlands, China, Swiss, Spanish, Norwegian and Finnish Red Cross Societies, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

    People reached: The number of people reached by the long-term services and development programmes was 1,639,247 in 2015.

    Volunteers: 249,127 active volunteers, as of 31 March 2017, composed of 143 volunteers from Red Cross, Red Cross Youth, Red Cross Action Team (RCAT), Red Cross Youth (RCY), and First Aiders

    Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Management resources

    Community-Based Disaster Management

    Success Stories

    Volunteer Toolkit

    School Based Resources

    Get Ready for Disasters series:

    Board Game

    Educational board game that deals with multi-hazard disaster preparedness and prevention

    Board Game
    Rules of the game
    Question spaces (Tarsier) and explanations (see details in Rules)
    Surprise spaces (Eagle) and explanations (see details in Rules)

    What to Do with Disasters series [Filipino]

    Disaster law resources

    Newsletter

    2016 editions

    2015 editions

    Document library - Philippines

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