Vice President Rupiah Banda has applauded the Zambia Red Cross Society (ZRCS) for supplementing government efforts in providing humanitarian assistance to the needy people in the country.
Mr. Banda said since inception in 1966, the Zambia Red Cross Society has continued to offer humanitarian assistance to needy people across the country.
Mr. Banda cited health and care, water and sanitation, disaster preparedness, relief food distribution, orphanage and child vulnerability as some of the humanitarian intervention areas that the Society has continued to provide since its inception.
The Vice President was speaking in Lusaka today when he officiated at the ZRCS World Day Celebrations with a theme dubbed “Together for Humanity” Fostering Partnerships for Efficient Disaster Risk Reduction in Zambia.
Mr. Banda noted that the Society has continued to play a pivotal role in uplifting the living standards of people in societies.
He stated that the achievements that ZRCS has scored in the last 42 years of its existence have helped government to respond effectively to the needs of the people Zambia.
And Zambia Red Cross Society General Secretary Charles Mushitu said the Society has effectively positioned itself in the areas of humanitarian and that it has made great strides in efforts aimed at assisting government to better the lives of the most vulnerable people through the well-coordinated humanitarian programmes.
Mr. Mushitu cited water and sanitation programme, provision of humanitarian services to Congolese refugees, establishment of HIV/AIDS home-based projects as some of the programmes that the Society has embarked on in order to easy the plight of the most vulnerable people in societies.
The ZRCS Secretary General has since appealed to other organizations in the country to assist government in uplifting the living standards of people in societies.
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