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NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE
The Liberian Red Cross Society was created in 1922 when the National Legislature of Liberia passed a joint resolution to give the Voluntary Relief Committee a legal status. It was admitted to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in 1959. An amended Recognition Act passed in 2008 recognized it as an auxiliary to the public authorities.
Through its wide coverage across all 15 political subdivisions of the country and through the presence of its more than 3,000 volunteers, the Liberian Red Cross Society is one of the pri- mary humanitarian responders in the country. The National Society has proven to be a dependable and reliable partner to the Government, and it works with the most socially excluded groups to improve their preparedness and response to dis- asters, crises, and emergencies. In these communities, the National Society also promotes positive social, mental and physical health, enhancing sustainable community safety, resilience and livelihoods
The National Society’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025 emphasizes global humanitarian threats and challenges as a key focus for its operations and objectives and plans to align its priorities to address crises and disasters in a comprehensive manner. The Liberian Red Cross Society’s priorities mainly consists of two strategic directions:
Humanitarian service delivery
- Health and well-being interventions, including actions to address gaps in health and well-being; water, sanitation and hygiene; community-based health; maternal, new-born and child health; public health emergency preparedness and response; and health-based rights
- Disaster risk management and disaster operations, including actions to address the climate and environmental crises; disaster risk reduction; food security and livelihoods; and emergency preparedness and response
- Values and protection interventions, including actions to address gender and inclusion; the promotion of Red Cross values; women’s empowerment; issues related to migration and identity; and the restoration of family links
National Society development and sustainability
- Institutional capacity building, including actions to develop human resources and finance management; youth and volunteer management; governance support; strengthened management policies; communications and humanitarian diplomacy; and chapter and branch development
- Resource mobilization and sustainability, including actions to implement asset management; fundraising; and strengthening partnerships and membership
The Liberian Red Cross Society has demonstrated its impact through its interventions to emergencies such as the measles, outbreak, the global COVID-19 pandemic, the New Kru Town stampede, and the Lassa fever outbreak in early 2022.
In 2023, the National Society reached about 8,700 people through its disaster response and early recovery programmes.