Sahrawi Red Crescent

The Sahrawi Red Crescent Society is not a part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.[1][2] But, it is/was active in Western Sahara.

Sahrawi Red Crescent
الهلال الأحمر الصحراوي
Media Luna Roja Saharaui
Croissant Rouge Saharaoui

Founded	November 26, 1975
Type	Aid agency
Focus	Helping refugees and providing assistance to disaster victims
Location	Sahrawi refugee camps, Algeria
Origins	Western Sahara
Area served	Sahrawi Refugee Camps, Liberated Territories
Product	Humanitarian Aid
Owner	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Key people	Yahia Bouhabini, President
Endowment	Public and private donations

Foundation

The Sahrawi Red Crescent was formed by Sahrawi citizens on November 26, 1975, days after the joint Moroccan-Mauritanian invasion of former Spanish Sahara territory.[3]

Mission

During the first years of the organization, its major task was to reunite families who were scattered through the desert due to the Western Sahara War removing them from the battlefields to the neighbouring Algerian Sahara, facing the aerial bombardments of the Moroccan Air Force. Later came the organization of the refugee camps at the Algerian desert.[3]

References

1. "Federation-wide databank and reporting system" (database). Geneva, Switzerland: IFRC.
2. "National Societies directory". Geneva, Switzerland: IFRC.
3. "Interview of the President of the Saharawi Red Crescent, Mr. Bouhabini Yahia". Triangle Generation Humanitaire. Retrieved 2012-10-30.