The Singapore Red Cross (SRC), formally the Singapore Red Cross Society, is a

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and

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charity in Singapore. The SRC is a national member of the

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(IFRC) and

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(ICRC) and forms a part of the

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. The SRC provides a range of services and programmes including

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across the Asia-Pacific region,

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advocacy,

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and

for the youth, families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. The organisation traces its history back to when it was established on 30 September 1949 as part of the

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as the Singapore Branch of the British Red Cross. It was officially incorporated by the

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on 6 April 1973 and was appointed as the National Blood Donor Recruiter by the

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(HSA) in 2001.

Organisation

The SRC is governed by a 19-member Council headed by a Chairman who is appointed by the President of the Republic of Singapore, the Patron of the SRC. The Council is responsible for pursuing the objective of the SRC as laid down by the Act of Parliament and its Constitution. The Council has four oversight committees providing the relevant advice and expertise; namely the Finance and Investment, Audit, Corporate Governance and Nomination and Human Resource and Compensation Committees. The general management of the SRC is overseen by the Management Committee, headed by the Secretary General / Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the SRC. Implementation of the policies and directives laid down by the Council is done by the Secretariat which is headed by the Secretary General / CEO. Since 2012, Benjamin William has served as the Secretary General of the Singapore Red Cross. The Secretariat is organised into three divisions; Operations, Administration and the Red Cross Youth.

Structure

The following are the incumbent appointment holders of the Singapore Red Cross:

Divisions

Learning & Development *Singapore Red Cross Academy (formerly known as Red Cross Training Centre) *Singapore Red Cross Youth Blood Donor Programme *Operations & Admin *Marketing & Partnerships *Youth Global Engagement *International Services *Centre of Excellence in Pandemic Preparedness (CoEPP) *Humanitarian Engagement Community Engagement *Community Services *Community First Aid (formerly known as Community Resilience) *Volunteer Management Care Services *Red Cross Home for the Disabled *Day Activities Centre Outreach *Marketing & Communications (formerly known as Corporate Communications and Marketing & Partnerships) *Resource Development (formerly known as Fund Raising) Corporate Management *Human Resources *IT *Admin (FM & OM) *Compliance Finance Management *Finance *Central Purchasing Unit *Risk Management

Work

The Singapore Red Cross was involved in the relief effort of the

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time ( UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 struck with an epicentre off the west coast of Aceh in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The undersea megathrust earthquake, known in the sci ...

that occurred on 26 December 2004. On 26 July 2018, SRC announced S$50,000 in humanitarian aid for victims of the Attapeu dam collapse. In April 2022, Singapore Red Cross issued warning declaring Sri Lanka's medical crisis as an "unprecedented humanitarian crisis". The

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announced that it would provide seed money amounting to USD 100,000 as a relief package to support the Singapore Red Cross's humanitarian public fundraising efforts for the most vulnerable communities in Sri Lanka.

References

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