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Cruz Roja Argentina | |
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| Formation | June 9, 1880 |
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| Type | emergency and relief |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires |
| Membership | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
| Website | www |
The Argentine Red Cross (Spanish : Cruz Roja Argentina) was founded in 1880 and it has its headquarters in Buenos Aires. [1] It is a humanitarian volunteer-based civil association with a presence in Argentina and a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the largest humanitarian network in the world.
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Its objective is to contribute to a better life for people, especially those who find themselves in a vulnerable situation. To this end, it works through 65 affiliates throughout the country, and in its central headquarters (located in Buenos Aires), in conjunction with donors and with the community. Its 35 Training Services units --present since 1920-- have trained 180,000 health professionals. Of the more than 15,000 students registered in its Higher Education Institutes, more than 3,000 are received annually into careers such as Nursing, Radiology, Lifeguards, and surgical instrumentation, among others.
The Argentine Red Cross works together with communities to carry out humanitarian actions, promoting risk reduction and the holistic development of people, constructing and strengthening local capacities, encouraging inclusion and participation of every group without any distinction or discrimination. Its volunteers and technical personal are present in every big emergency, whenever disaster occurs and afterwards, when the facts stop being news. Through its various programs and educational services, it wants to build a more just society, more inclusive of its sectors in vulnerable situations, so that they will have access to sources of well-being, safety, and equality of opportunities.
They work to promote health and community development, reinforcing the prevention of prevalent illnesses and reducing vulnerability to HIV from a standpoint of rights, gender, and diversity.
