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The American Red Cross during the war provided food, employment, housing, and medical assistance to millions of civilians displaced by the war. During the course of the war, over one-third of the population of the United States joined the organization and in 1917 and 1918 alone around $400 million was raised. [62]
The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering. Within it there are three distinct organisations ...
Gail J. McGovern. Gail J. McGovern (born 1952) is an American businessperson, who became president and CEO of the American Red Cross on June 23, 2008. McGovern held top management positions at AT&T Corporation and Fidelity Investments. She is a member of the board of trustees of Johns Hopkins University and the board of directors of DTE Energy.
The implementation of the American Junior Red Cross in schools served to educate the students about health: such as hygiene, eating well, and avoiding unhealthy habits like drugs and alcohol. [6] Their publication was titled Junior Red Cross News from September 1919 to January 1924. The word American was added to the issue of February 1924.
New Zealand Red Cross or Rīpeka Whero Aotearoa is a humanitarian organisation, which has more than 9,000 members and volunteers. [1] In New Zealand, Red Cross delivers core community services, such as Meals on Wheels, refugee re-settlement services, first aid courses, and emergency management operations. Internationally, New Zealand Red Cross ...
The Slovenian Red Cross ( Slovene: Rdeči križ Slovenije) is a non-government and non-profit humanitarian organisation, part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. It was established in Gradac in June 1944, [1] at first as part of the Yugoslav Red Cross. It became an independent entity after the Slovenian proclamation of ...
The International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC; French: Comité International de la Croix-Rouge) is a humanitarian organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, and is a three-time Nobel Prize laureate. The organization has played an instrumental role in the development of rules of war and promoting humanitarian norms.
Latvian Red Cross. The Latvian Red Cross ( Latvian: Latvijas Sarkanais Krusts) is a non-governmental non-profit volunteer-led humanitarian organization, and the national Red Cross Society in Latvia . The Latvian Red Cross was established 20 November 1918 in Riga, [1] only two days after the proclamation of the independent Republic of Latvia.