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September 16, 2025
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RUN FOR EDUCATION

South Africa is the most unequal country in the world, according to an2018 report by the World Bank, where more than 30-million people livenbelow the national poverty line of R992 per month.nnThe South African Red Cross Society will participate in the MaritzburgnMarathon on 24 February 2019, where our running team…
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September 15, 2025
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SARCS supports World Humanitarian Day campaign #NotATarget

Every year on 19 August, the international community marks World Humanitarian Day in recognition of aid workers who lost their lives in the course of duty. On this day we also celebrate humanity and the spirit which inspires people to help others in need, although in difficult and dangerous situations, often…
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September 15, 2025
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South Africa is a Nation of Givers

The International Day of Charity is commemorated annually on 5 September to create awareness and mobilise people, NGOs, and stakeholders to help those in need through volunteer and philanthropic activities. n On World Charity Day, the South African Red Cross Society (SARCS) thanks all partners for supporting our work and…
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September 15, 2025
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Advancing SARCS role to the End TB/HIV strategy

The increasing scourge of Tuberculosis (TB) infection and TB related death in South Africa as at 2017 is defined at 8.8% by the Statistics South Africa. According to the TBFACTS.org, about 80% of South African population is infected with TB bacteria, the vast majority of whom have latent TB rather…
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The South African Red Cross Society is a member organization of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), which is the largest volunteer driven organization on earth. The Red Cross Society has 100 million members and a presence in 189 countries.

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