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The Uganda Red Cross Society through the Ministry of Health has been involved in a number of health relief efforts including training of village health teams, tracing contact persons, supporting safe and dignified burials for cases of viral diseases like Ebola.It is noted that the National Society played an auxiliary role in ensuring that Uganda is Ebola free [5]
Bidibidi Refugee Settlement is a refugee camp located in Yumbe District 's West Nile sub-Region in Uganda. It is one of the world’s largest refugee settlements, housing approximately 285,000 refugees fleeing conflict in South Sudan as of late 2016. In 2017, and refugees from DR congo. it was described as the largest refugee settlement site in ...
Australian Red Cross. 28 June 1941. [10] Austrian Red Cross. German: Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz. 14 March 1880. [11] Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society. Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Qızıl Aypara Cəmiyyət.
Nakivale refugee settlement is located near the Tanzania border in Isingiro district, Southern Uganda. It is approximately 200 km away from Kampala city, which is the administrative capital of Uganda. [4] The Nakivale refugee settlement is six hours' drive from the capital, Kampala. [12] It stretches for 184 sq km (71 sq miles) and covers ...
The emblem of the IFRC is the combination of a red cross and a red crescent on a white background, surrounded by a red rectangular frame without any additional text. The red cross, the original symbol of the Movement, is on the left while the red crescent appears to the right. "Per Humanitatem ad Pacem" is the primary motto of the IFRC (Article ...
Website. www.icrc.org. The International Committee of the Red Cross[a] (ICRC) 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.
The following day the tabloid "Red Pepper" published a list of 200 allegedly gay men. [33] Following the tightening of the bill several western industrial nations, among others Sweden, the United States and the Netherlands have suspended their aid to Uganda. The World Bank postponed a $90 million loan to Uganda's health system over the law. [34]
Website. www.icrc.org. 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.