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NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE
The Red Cross of the Republic of North Macedonia was founded in 1945 within the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia. After the break-up of Yugoslavia in 1992, the organization operated as an independent National Society and became a full-fledged member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in 1995.
The work of the national society is regulated by a special Law on the Red Cross of the Republic of Macedonia. The organization consists of 33 Red Cross branches and the City Red Cross of Skopje. The role of the Red Cross of Republic of North Macedonia is to nurture the power of humanity, to be where needed, and to provide support for the various target groups of the population.
It performs an auxiliary role and supports the state authorities in carrying out various humanitarian tasks, according to the needs of the population. In cooperation with institutions and partners, the National Society works on disease prevention, improving health and alleviating human suffering through its own programmes in the field of education, health, and social care, for the benefit of communities.
The Red Cross of the Republic of North Macedonia reached 63,000 people by its long-term services and development programmes by 2022 and around 1200 people by its disaster response and early recovery programmes. In line with its Strategic Plan 2021-2030, the National Society focuses on three goals:
• Strengthen its ability to reduce risks, take early action and respond to crises by building strong local preparedness and response capacities and quickly recover from crises
• Empower communities to lead a safe, healthy, dignified lives and have opportunities to progress by having more choices and control over their lives
• Promote inclusive and humanitarian approach to enable positive transformative actions and build peaceful communities