TANZANIA RED CROSS SOCIETY

The Tanzania Red Cross Society (TRCS) and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society (IFRC), invite interested and eligible NATIONAL CONTRACTORS registered by the Contractors Registration Board (CRB) as Building Contractors registered in Class VII and above to submit their VALID CERTIFICATES and best bids/proposals for CONSTRUCTION OF 35 HOUSES AT HANANG (KATESH) TANZANIA

On 29th July 2023, during the 2nd Quarter TRCS NEC meeting held at Tanzania Red Cross Society Headquarters, the president of Tanzania Red Cross Society Hon. David Kihenzile (MB), delivered a message of appreciation and congratulations to the Sixth Tanzania Government led by Hon.Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan for being side by side with TRCS in fighting and reducing various problems affecting Tanzanians.

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In his opening remarks to the TRCS NEC meeting held on 29th July 2023 at TRCS Headquarters, Mikocheni B, Dar es Salaam, TRCS president greeted the attendees and addressed to them crucial TRCS issues.

During the meeting, Hon.Kihenzile said “As TRCS, we are happy to be part of the fight and also dedicate our lives to ensure the health of our brothers and sisters is usually safe. In recent past months, TRCS took the responsibility to fight the Marburg epidemic disease that occurred in Kagera Region, we greatly thank this sixth Tanzanian government through the Ministry of Health (MoH)under its Minister Hon.Dr. Ummy Mwalimu (MB), because they cooperated in ensuring that this disease was quickly eradicated. We as TRCS carried out our duty to deal with this disease where our Members and Volunteers cooperated with the office of the Regional Medical Officer, Kagera where TRCS did the following tasks: 

(RCCE, mental health, surveillance, and safe burial).

Likewise, since last year, TRCS has been able to combat various problems affecting Tanzanians through various Vaccination Projects for Covid 19, Epidemic Diseases such as Cholera, Drought, Floods, Health, Camp Services, Safe Water and multiple trainings, all of which are to ensure that the Tanzanian society becomes safe.

Through this meeting, I would like to take this opportunity to thank various stakeholders who have been with us in sponsoring various projects to ensure that we can help the Government to provide incident services, especially during the fighting of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD), so I use this opportunity to thank the Director of IFRC Africa along with all the IFRC Leadership without forgetting other stakeholders to mention few, AFRICA CDC, MASTERCARD FOUNDATION, SPANISH RED CROSS, AMERICAN RED CROSS, USAID, UNICEF, UNHCR, SHELL EXPLORATION, COCA - COLA FOUNDATION, FINISH RED CROSS, TURKISH RED CROSS.”

 Finally, the President of TRCS congratulated and encouraged the employees of TRCS under the good supervision and leadership of their Secretary General Ms. Lucia Pande.

TANZANIA RED CROSS SOCIETY

The Tanzania Red Cross Society (TRCS) is a voluntary humanitarian organization established as an independent National Society (NS) by the Act of Parliament No. 71 of December 1962 and amended by the Parliament of Tanzania in 2019. Tanzania Red Cross Society was recognised and admitted to the membership of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in 1963. The TRCS Headquarters office is located in Dar es Salaam.

TRCS is now the largest and most dependable national partner in delivering humanitarian services in Tanzania. The TRCS has an active network in all regions of Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar. Around 40% are women out of more than 35,000 active volunteers. Most importantly, because of its credibility, TRCS receives supports from a broad range of partners, including the IFRC, the ICRC, the American Red Cross, the Spanish Red Cross, the Belgian Red Cross-Flanders, the French Red Cross, the Italian Red Cross, the Chinese Red Cross and the Korean Red Cross. Other partners are UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, UNFPA, the EU, USAID, CDC, BPRM and Pathfinder International.

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