First Lady, Bibi Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, MNA, visited the Headquarters of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Islamabad and inaugurated the Begum Nusrat Bhutto Library. She also visited the exhibition titled “Humanitarian Journey of PRCS”. Upon arrival at the PRCS Headquarters, the First Lady was received by Chairperson PRCS, Mrs. Farzhana Naek, and senior […]
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Japan grants $65,470 to PRCS for blood donation services
The Japan government on Friday announced a US $65,470 grant (around Rs18 million) for the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to strengthen blood donation services in the federal capital, aiming to refurbish a blood donation vehicle to expand outreach, increase blood collection and support thousands of patients requiring life saving transfusions in Islamabad and surrounding […]
PRCS, NDRMF sign agreement to tackle natural disasters
The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) on Wednesday signed the historic’ Vulnerability to Resilience Agreement’ under which preparations will be made at the community level to deal with any future natural disasters, in addition to launching social welfare projects in various districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir […]
Food packages distributed among 5,000 families
The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in collaboration with the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) has distributed food packages of 30kg each among 5,000 deserving people countrywide under the Ramazan Package. The distribution process kicked off simultaneously at all branches with the start of Ramazan on May 7. Food packages were distributed among more than […]
IERTUK desires to team up with PRCS
A seven-member team of the UK-based International Emergency Response Team (IERTUK) has expressed its desire to enhance capacity of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in rescue, response, first aid, road safety and firefighting and team up with it to work in remote and far-flung areas of the country. A seven-member delegation, comprising Mehrban Sadiq, […]