Sahrawi Red Crescent
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| Founded | November 26, 1975 |
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| Type | Aid agency |
| Focus | Helping the refugees and providing assistance to disaster victims |
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| Origins | Western Sahara |
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Area served
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Sahrawi Refugee Camps, Liberated Territories |
| Product | Humanitarian Aid |
| Owner | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic |
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Key people
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Yahia Bouhabini, President |
| Endowment | Public and private donations |
The Sahrawi Red Crescent Society is the Red Cross society in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
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.[1]
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.[1]
