Belarus Red Cross
The Belarusian Red Cross Society (Belarusian: Беларускае Таварыства Чырвонага Крыжа, romanized: Bielaruskaje Tavarystva Čyrvonaha Kryža; Russian: Белорусское Общество Красного Креста, romanized: Belorusskoye Obshchestvo Krasnogo Kresta) is a Belarusian humanitarian organization and a suspended member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Its purpose is to prevent and alleviate human suffering wherever and whenever it occurs, voluntarily and without discrimination.
Беларускі Чырвоны Крыж Белорусский Красный Крест | |
!Уваход у БТЧК 2019 | |
| Formation | 1967 |
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| Legal status | in operate, IFRC membership suspended |
| Purpose | Humanitarian aid |
| Headquarters | Minsk, Belarus |
Region | Belarus |
Secretary General | Dzmitry Shautsou |
Chairman | Dmitry Cherednichenko |
Parent organization | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
Staff | 366 (2016) |
Volunteers | 22,459 (2016) |
| Website | redcross |
Though first operating in the territory of what is now Belarus in 1872 as the Minsk local branch of the Russian Red Cross, the organization was officially founded in 1967. Within Belarus, it currently operates 166 regional and local branches.
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