• Red Cross presence in Belize since 1914.
• Women of British Honduras responded to the Clarion Newspaper to assist their men at World War I by knitting and sending warm clothing to the Red Cross in England.
• In the 1940s, during World War II the British Honduras Red Cross Charitable Organization was formed by Mr. Robert Brown.
• In 1950 the British Honduras Red Cross Charitable Organization formally became a branch of the British Red Cross
• Volunteer detachments were formed.
• Sir Winston MacMillan was the first president and held the position for 20 years.
• In the 1960s, the Corozal Branch became the first to fund raise and build their own branch center.
• The first Belizean Director General, Ms. Egzine Bennett, was appointed.
• In the 1970s, volunteer detachments in Belize, Stann Creek, Corozal, Orange Walk and Cayo were developed and later became Branches, each managed by their own elected Executive Committee
• 1981 Belize became Independent and steps to become a National Society were taken.
• On 18^th August, 1983, through an Act of Incorporation, the British Honduras Branch of the British Red Cross became the BELIZE RED CROSS SOCIETY, a National Society in its own right.
• On March 15^th 1984, the Belize Red Cross was recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

PROGRAMS OF THE PAST

• 1987 — Child Alive Program: community education in the prevention and management of diarrhea working with Community Health Workers.
• 1989 — With IFRC and the American Red Cross support, Belize Red Cross hosted the first ever National Disaster Management Workshop

WHAT ELSE HAVE WE DONE?

• 1991 — A daycare and schools feeding program along with a Rural Health Clinic formed in the Belmopan Branch centre
• 1997 — the Belize Red Cross Disaster Management Committee was formed

• 1999 — Relief & rehabilitation activities carried out in the Belize River Valley due to flooding caused by Hurricane Mitch
• 1999–2000 — BRC advocated to create NEMO

AND…

• Large scale relief and rehabilitation operations carried out in the Northern and Southern districts, respectively in 2001 and 2002
• Community Disaster Preparedness, Education & Mitigation using the IFRC’s Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment methodology
• In 2004 — “Together We Can” peer to peer education program on HIV & AIDS started with special focus on in and out of school youth

AND…

• 2013 — Resilience in the Americas Project began in Belize and supported by the American Red Cross, empowering communities to become resilient.
• 2005 — A Protected Schools Project was undertaken. Volunteers were trained to promote the work of the Red Cross as well as promote a culture of dignity, non violence and peace to students, parents and teachers.

AND HERE WE ARE TODAY!