The Kuwait Red Crescent Society is a branch of the international

Red Crescent Society The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, an ...

. It was established on January 10, 1966.

Founders

* Dr. Ibrahim Muhalhal Al Yassin * Barges Humoud AL Barges * The late Khalid Youssef Al Muttawaa * Saad Ali Al Nahedh * The late Sulaiman Khalid Al Muttawaa * Dr. Abdulrahman Abdullah Al Awadi * Abdullrahman Salem Al Attiqi * The late Dr. Abdullrazaq Al Adwani * Abdulaziz Hamad Al Sager * Abdulaziz Mohamed Al Shayaa * The late Abdullah Al Sultan Al Kuklaib * Abdullah Ali AL Muttawaa * Abdulmohsen Sauood Al Zabin * Ali Mohamed Al Radhwan * The late Mohamed Youssef Al Nissif * Youssef Ibrahim Al Ghanem * Youssef Jassem Al Haji * Youssef Abdulaziz Al Fulaij

History

The society was formally founded in 1966. In 2014, the Kuwait Red Crescent Society sent aid, including medical and food supplies, to Gaza.

References

External links

Official website
Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies 1966 establishments in Kuwait Organizations established in 1966 Medical and health organizations based in Kuwait {{Asia-org-stub