The Saint Lucia Red Cross ("SLRC") was founded in 1949 as a branch of the
British Red Cross
The British Red Cross Society () is the United Kingdom body of the worldwide neutral and impartial humanitarian network the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The society was formed in 1870, and is a registered charity with 1 ...
and became a society of its own in 1983. It has its headquarters in
Castries
Castries () is the capital city, capital and largest city of Saint Lucia, an island country in the Caribbean. The urban area has a population of approximately 20,000, while the eponymous Castries Quarter, district has a population of just under ...
,
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Saint Vincent ...
.
References
External links
Official website
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Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies
1949 establishments in the British Empire
Organizations established in 1983
Medical and health organisations based in Saint Lucia