SPEECH FOR THE ZAMBIA RED CROSS-NATIONAL PRESIDENT, MR. FRACKSON NGOSA DURING A COURTESY CALL ON HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA MR. HAKAINDE HICHILEMA AT STATE HOUSE
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WE FEEL EXTREMELY HONORED TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN THIS PACE TO MEET YOU AND BRIEF YOU ON THE WORKS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE ZAMBIA RED CROSS SOCIETY
- FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ZAMBIA RED CROSS SOCIETY CONSTITUTION, THE SITTING PRESIDENT IS THE PATRON OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY. IN THIS REGARD, WE ARE VISITING YOU TODAY NOT ONLY AS THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, BUT ALSO AS PATRON OF THE ZRCS. THEREFORE, YOUR CONFERMENT AS ZRCS PATRON IS OVERDUE YOUR EXCELLENCE CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT ITS NOW 2 YEARS SINCE YOU ASCENDED TO THE PRESIDENCY OF THIS COUNTRY. WE WOULD LIKE TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONFER YOU THE PATRONAGE OF ZRCS
- ESTABLISHED IN 1966 BY AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT AS A HUMANITARIAN AID ORGANISATION, AUXILIARY PUBLIC AUTHORITIES, ZRCS HAS BEEN AUGMENTING GOVERNMENT’S EFFORTS IN ALLEVIATING HUMAN SUFFERING AMONGST THOSE LEAST ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE STRESS CAUSED BY VARIOUS HAZARDS IN SOCIETY
- ZRCS IS PART OF IFRC
YOUR EXCELLENCY
- ZRCS HAS A MEMBERSHIP OF ABOVE 7000 VOLUNTEERS WITH PRESENCE IN 60 DISTRICTS ACROSS THE 10 PROVINCES OF ZAMBIA
- SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT, ZRCS HAS BEEN A KEY FACTOR IN HUMANITARIAN FIELD OFFERING ITS SERVICES TO SAVE LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS BOTH IN EMERGENCY AND DEVELOPMENTAL CONTEXTS, MAINLY FOCUSING ON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY; CLIMATE ACTION, WHICH INCLUDE EARLY AND ANTICIPATORY ACTION; RESPONSE TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SUCH AS FOOD SECURITY AND FLOOD; PROMOTING ACCESS TO CLEAN AND SAFE WATER AS WELL AS ADEQUATE SANITATION; SECURING LIVELIHOODS, DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF EPIDEMICS/PANDEMICS, ENHANCING MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, TO MENTION A FEW.
YOUR EXCELLENCY
- ZRCS HAS UNDERGONE STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND IT STILL UNDERGOING SEVERAL OTHER INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS FOR THE ORGANIZATION NOT ONLY TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE, BUT ALSO EMERGE AS ONE OF THE MOST TRUSTED ORGANIZATIONS, BY BOTH OUR FUNDERS AND THE PEOPLE WE SERVE, IN DELIVERING HUMANITARIAN AID.
- ZRCS IS A NATIONAL FLAG AND AS PATRON, WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOUR SIR TO PROMOTE THE LOCALIZATION AGENDA OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY.
- FURTHER, AS A WAY OF PROVIDING FEEDBACK, WE ASK FOR 4 HOURS OF YOUR TIME IN A YEAR THROUGH SCHEDULED INTERACTION WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY
- AS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO ENHANCE LOCAL RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, THE NATIONAL SOCIETY WILL BE HOSTING A HUMANITARIAN GALA DINNER THIS EVEINING WITH THE THEME “HUMANITARIAN ACTION FOR LIFE-SAVING IMPACT’’.THIS WILL FOCUS ON CREATING AND STRENTHENING LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS TO CREATE LOCAL CAPACITIES NEVESSARY FOR ADDRESSING DEVELOPMENTAL AND HUMANITARIAN ISSUES.
YOUR EXCELLENCY
I THANK YOU
