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NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE

The Indonesian Red Cross Society (Palang Merah Indonesia), was established in 1945 and was admitted to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in 1950. Its role as an auxiliary to the public authorities in the humanitarian field is set out and supported by national law and by the National Society’s statutes, last endorsed in its general assembly in December 2019.

With its extended workforce of professional staff and committed volunteers, the Indonesian Red Cross Society operates across the archipelago through local units in 34 provinces and 494 districts. The National Society has regional and sub-regional warehouses in strategic locations nationwide. Its blood services cover 85 per cent of blood needs in Indonesia through 250 units across all provinces. As a trusted organization in the country, the Indonesian Red Cross receives in-kind and cash donations from more than 2,300 individuals, corporations, and institutions.

The Indonesian Red Cross Society plays a major role in disaster response, and its staff and volunteers are trained in a wide range of technical skills, including needs assessments, in-kind and cash and voucher assistance, shelter assistance, first aid and ambulance services, dead body management, community-based surveillance, and water, sanitation, and hygiene. The National Society also invests in the prevention and response to sexual and gender-based violence, restoring family links, and overall community engagement and accountability.

Over the last three years, the National Society has reached more than 38.5 million people as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Its multiple interventions spanned from prevention to care, and included among others risk communication and education, disinfection, provision of handwashing stations, distribution of personal protective equipment, ambulance service, vaccination support, and cash grant assistance.

The National Society Strategic Plan 2019-2024 includes the following objectives:

  • Maintain the Society’s reputation and increase its accountability as a humanitarian organization at national and international levels

  • Increase sustainable availability of safe, affordable and quality blood across Indonesia

  • Intensify recruitment and coaching of National Society volunteers as the backbone of its humanitarian services at all levels, both in quantity and quality

  • Increase the quality and reach of response to disaster, health and other humanitarian crises, through the strengthening of Red Cross service units at all levels and the development of community resources

  • Achieve a well-functioning National Society with leadership firmly guided by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement’s Fundamental Principles

  • Increase National Society capacities at all levels, in managing basic infrastructure and facilities to support operational and service activities

  • Increase its organizational independence sustainably through strategic cooperation at all levels and innovative resource development initiatives

The Indonesian Red Cross is currently engaged in an organization-wide transformation process. This process seeks to realize the commitment from its chairperson to modernize the organization, including human resources, the use of technology, organization management, resource mobilization, communications, international relations, as well as information, finance, logistics and asset management.

In 2022, the National Society received government certification in the field of humanitarian specialization and is now mandated to provide certification to other humanitarian organizations. This enables increasing the expertise of its personnel and provides a new income stream to the National Society.