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The MRCS was founded in 1948 and recognized by the
government in 1957, and by the Movement in 1963. It
was incorporated by an act of parliament in 1965, and
Red Crescent Society national elections took place in June 2002 and the last
annual general meeting was held in June 2002.
1. National context
3. Capacity
The MRCS has a large and vigorous volunteer corps, peer support in terms of human/technical skills to other
and most of its programmes are managed by volunteers National Societies in the region. MRCS staff work as
at the branch and chapter levels, especially in the fields International Federation or ICRC delegates in other
of disaster relief and first aid. The MRCS has 278,170 countries, and MRCS leaders participate in various
members, of whom 25,723 are adult volunteers. International Federation commissions and study groups.