Uruguayan Red Cross

Uruguayan Red Cross
Cruz Roja Uruguaya
Formation5 March 1897 (1897-03-05)
TypeNon-profit
Legal statusActive
PurposeHumanitarian
HeadquartersMontevideo
Region served
Uruguay
MembershipInternational Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Websitewww.cruzroja.org.uy

The Uruguayan Red Cross (Spanish: Cruz Roja Uruguaya) was founded in 1897 and it has its headquarters in Montevideo.[1]

Origins

In 1897, on the wake of the Revolution of 1897, the philanthropist Aurelia Ramos de Segarra established the Red Cross of Christian Ladies.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Uruguayan Red Cross – IFRC".
  2. ^ 5 March 1897
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