Paola

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Community Health

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Who is the American Red Cross?

• Founded in 1859 in Switzerland

• Henry Dunant founded this association due to the Battle Of Solferino in Italy
• The troops had no medical support for all the injured soldiers , so
Dunant establish this organization for volunteers that could help assist
wounded soldiers.
• Later on, the group became known as the International Committee of the
Red Cross.
• 1864 about 12 countries sign the Geneva Convention which is for the
people that are sick, wounded soldiers, and the civilians who come help no
matter what nationality they are.
 • The picture on the left we can see all the wounded soldiers on the floor
Battle of Solferino In which was more than 40,000 troops dead.
Italy • The picture on the right, the Red Cross is there to aid the wounded soldiers
What does the American
Red Cross do now?
• Help people in catastrophic disasters
• Gives shelter, food, and provides,

• Supplies about 40% of the nations

blood

• Teaches skills
• Example: CPR

• Distributes international humanitarian

aid
Mission
statement/Goals
• American Red Cross helps prevent people
from suffering from catastrophic events
and emergencies by allowing them to
alleviate them with the power of
volunteers and donors.

• They are aspire to turn compassion into

action so the people that were affected by
disaster around the world have a reason
to have hope, to make sure our
communities are prepared for any
disasters, for everyone to be able to
access to lifesaving blood and blood
products, and during emergency to have
trained individuals to help save life’s
Organizational Structure
• The American Red Cross runs under a Congressional charter
• They are under the “instrument of the government” which carries out the duties and responsibilities of the
Geneva Convention
• The Federal Food & Drug administration (FDA) they monitor the the blood collection and storage programs
Who runs the
American Red
Cross?
• The president of the American Red Cross is
elected by a 50 member board of governors.
• Those members are volunteers and the
president draws a salary of more than
200,000 per yr.
• The President of the US is the chairperson of
the board of governors and he gets to appoint
eight of the board members
• 42 members are elected at an annual national
convention
• The board elect 12 of them and 30
delegates various fo Red Cross chapters
who attend the convention
• Approximately 1.2 million volunteers and
about 400,000 paid employees (mostly nurses)
 • Main Services
• Babysitting
• CPR

Programs and
• First Aid
• Life Guarding
• Learn to Swim Programs

Services • Other Programs/Servicies

• Health Services
• Safety Services
• Welfare Services
• Red Cross Youth
Epidemiology Group
Red Cross
• They are responsible for researching
blood safe
• They focus mainly in transfusion and
transmissible infections
• They worry about the blood donor
health and safety

• As u can see in the right, we can

noticed that during 2020 it impacted
the Red Cross Blood Blank because it
was during the pandemic which cause
an impact.
 • The Red Cross helps everyone from any nationality who need severe
Priority to the American help

Red Cross • At the moment the American Red Cross is helping the most is Latin
American and the Caribbean
• Due to the fact of the constant threat of hurricanes, floods,
violence, droughts and landslides.
Who funds the
American Red Cross?
• The Red Cross doesn’t receive
any federal funding
• The Red Cross gets donated
money from companies,
organizations, universities, and
from individuals like us that
want to donated money.
• Big companies such as Walmart
and The USAA foundation
donate to the Red Cross
Connect with the American Red Cross
• Support@recrosstraining.org

• @RedCross

• @americanredcross

• @americanredcross

• @americanredcross
Fun Fact

• I personally used to work along side with

the American Red Cross, it was during
the time where the refugees came from
Afghanistan to Dona Ana. I could say this
organization was well organize and we
have a lot of donations that was given to
the refugees such as clothing, bathroom
essentials, and so much more.
• I even learn a little bit of Farsi!
• I couldn’t take pictures inside the camp
but here is one J I found online and one
I took leaving the camp!
References
• History.com Editors. (2021, August 19). Red Cross. HISTORY.
https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/red-cross
• Veseli, B. (2022, March 24). The impact of COVID-19 on blood donations. PLOS ONE.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265171
• Mission & Values. (n.d.). American Red Cross Mission Statement.
https://www.redcross.org/about-us/who-we-are/mission-and-values.html
• Fall Donations Corporate Supporters. (n.d.). American Red Cross.
https://www.redcross.org/donations/companies-and-foundations/fall-donations-corporate-
supporters.html
• Villagran, L. E. P. T. (2021, September 13). A rare peek inside the Fort Bliss Afghan refugee camp, “Doña
Ana Village.”El Paso Times.
https://eu.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2021/09/10/fort-bliss-afghan-refugees-dona-ana-village-
camp/8274111002/
• Seabert, D., McKenzie, J. F., & Pinger, R. R. (2021). McKenzie’s An Introduction to Community & Public
Health (10th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.