Red Cross + Red Crescent Movement

 Red Cross Kindergartens

 Outpatient nursing care

 House emergency call (Hausnotruf)

 Residential homes

 Migration service

 Civil protection & ambulance service

 First aid trainings

 Blood donation

• Registered organisation with democratic structure -> sustained by voluntary work

• Non-profit organisation with a federal structure

• Officially recognised as the national Red Cross Society of Germany

• Headquater in Berlin

• Regional, district and local branches (Regional-, Bezirks- und Ortsverbände)

Humanity = Menschlichkeit

Impartiality = Unparteilichkeit

Neutrality = Neutralität

Independence = Unabhängigkeit

Voluntary Service = Ehrenamtlicher Dienst

Unity = Einheit

Universality = Universalität

The National

• Red Cross or Red Crescent Societies

The International Committee of the Red Cross

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

The International Committee of the Red Cross

directs and coordinates

humanitarian protection & support for victims in armed conflicts

• distributing relief supplies to victims of the Russia- Ukraine war

taking care of prisoners of war & aiming to restore family links

• A released detainee in Myanmar reads an ICRC leaflet with tips on how to get home safely

advocates for victims of war & internal violence through promoting IHL and universal humanitarian principles

• engaging with non-state armed groups in Columbia to promote & ensure the compliance with IHL

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

• International membership organisation uniting the 191 National Societies

• established 1917, with its headquarters in Geneva

5 Regional Offices: Panama, Nairobi, Beirut, Budapest, Kuala Lumpur

50 country or country cluster support offices

3 Representative Offices: New York (UN), Addis Ababa (AU) & Brussels (EU)