About Us
The Kangra Distt. Red Cross Society was registered in the year 1952 and has been working assiduously for the benefits of the poor and the needy ever since. It is situated at Red Cross Bhawan, Dharamshala.
Aims and Objectives
The main objective of this society is to collect as much money as possible and channelize it for the benefits of poor, destitute and handicapped person and those requiring medical assistance. The mission of the Indian Red Cross Society is to prevent and alleviate suffering with complete impartiality, making no discrimination as to nationality, race, sex, religious beliefs languages, class or political opinions.
History
Young Swiss businessman, Jean Henry Dunant was appalled by the condition of the wounded people he saw in the battle field of Solferino, Italy in 1859 during the Franco – Austrian war. He immediately arranged relief services with the help of the local community. As a result he wrote the book ‘Memory of Solferino’ suggesting that a neutral organization be established to aid the wounded soldiers in times of war. A year after the release of this book, an international conference was convened in Geneva to consider the suggestions of Henry Dunant and thus the Red Cross Movement was born. International Red Cross Movement was established by Geneva Convention of 1864. The name and the emblem of the movement were derived from the reversal of the Swiss national flag, to honour the country in which Red Cross was founded.
- 1863 -An international conference met in Geneva to try and find means of remedying this ineffectiveness, it adopted a Red Cross on white background as a distinctive sign for relief societies for wounded soldiers – the future National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
- In the First Geneva Convention, the Red Cross on white background was officially recognized as the distinctive sign of medical services of armed sources.
- 1949 -Article 38 of the first Geneva Convention of 1949 confirmed the emblem of the Red Cross, Red Crescent, Red Lion and Sun as the protective signs for any army medical services.
Executive Committee Meeting:-The information regarding meeting of Executive Committee is given seven days in advance to all the members of Executive Committee specifying place, date, time and agenda to be discussed.
Annual General Meeting:-An Annual General Meeting of the district branch is called at the headquarters of the branch or at a place, a date for the meeting is to be fixed by the President. All grades of members except associate members attend this meeting. In addition to Annual General Meeting, an extra ordinary meeting of the Society can be called at the will of the chairperson at any time for some specific purpose connected with the Society. In the General Meeting, six members are elected for the Executive committee and remaining six members are nominated by the chairman of Society.The annual members or associate members have no right of vote.