Sahrawi Red Crescent
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Founded | November 26, 1975 |
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Type | Aid agency |
Focus | Helping refugees and providing assistance to disaster victims |
Location |
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Origins | Western Sahara |
Area served | Sahrawi Refugee Camps, Liberated Territories |
Product | Humanitarian Aid |
Owner | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
Key people | Yahia Bouhabini, President |
Endowment | Public and private donations |
The Sahrawi Red Crescent Society is not a part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.[1][2] But, it is/was active in Western Sahara.
Foundation[]
The Sahrawi Red Crescent was formed by Sahrawi citizens on November 26, 1975, days after the joint Moroccan-Mauritanian invasion of former Spanish Sahara territory.[3]
Mission[]
During the first years of the organization, its major task was to reunite families who were scattered through the desert due to the Western Sahara War removing them from the battlefields to the neighbouring Algerian Sahara, facing the aerial bombardments of the Moroccan Air Force. Later came the organization of the refugee camps at the Algerian desert.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Federation-wide databank and reporting system" (database). Geneva, Switzerland: IFRC.
- ^ "National Societies directory". Geneva, Switzerland: IFRC.
- ^ a b "Interview of the President of the Saharawi Red Crescent, Mr. Bouhabini Yahia". Triangle Generation Humanitaire. Retrieved 2012-10-30.[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies
- Organizations established in 1975
- Sahrawi society
- 1975 establishments in Spanish Sahara
- Medical and health organisations based in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic