The first East African and Indian Ocean Islands Red Cross and Red Crescent Network (EAIOI RC NET) workshop on sharing experiences on resilience building, held from 13th – 15th November 2018 at the Ethiopina Red Cross Society Board Room. Mr. Engida Mandefro, Deputy Secretary General for Disaster Risk Management of Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) […]

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Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), in collaboration with its partners, is working to support more than 1.2 million people by allocating USD 11.9 million. Of the total, USD 3.1 million secured from its partners and the remaining USD 8.8 million would be covered by ERCS through collecting it from donation. In the first quarter of […]

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On 9 November 2018, three representative from the Swiss Red Cross (SRC) and higher officials of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) met in Addis Ababa to strengthen their long standing partnership. The partners discussed and identified issues that needs further attention regarding organizational development and improving resilience. Whilst in Ethiopia the delegates, consisting of […]

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The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 28% of deaths in Ethiopia were due to non-communicable diseases (NCD) in 2014. Deaths from NCD are expected to increase by 27% in Africa over the next decade; resulting in approximately 28 million additional deaths. Tobacco use, lack of physical activity, excess use of alcohol and unhealthy diets […]

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