BRCS participates in humanitarian leadership forum in Cairo

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

The Bahrain Red Crescent Society (BRCS) participated in the “Humanitarian Leadership for MENA region” conference in Cairo.

The event was organised by the Egyptian Red Crescent Society with the participation of high-level representatives of regional and international humanitarian and relief organisations.

BRCS’s delegation was headed by its Secretary-General, Mr Mubarak Al Hadi, Dr Fawzi Amin, Member of the Board of Directors of the Society, and Mr Mohammed Ibrahim Hassan, Managing Director.

They shared the Bahraini view on some of the main issues raised by the conference such as health emergencies, localisation of human work, migration and displacement, climate change, resource mobilisation, financial sustainability, youth and volunteering, and gender equality in relief and humanitarian work.

Al Hadi stressed the importance of this conference to showcase the most important humanitarian priorities in the region, strengthen existing partnerships and identify new areas of integration between national Societies, stakeholders, and other partners for the effectiveness of humanitarian and relief work.

He said that the conference was a major step towards bringing together the ideas of those with experience in humanitarian work to develop frameworks and ideas that would serve as solutions to many humanitarian issues, to unify visions on the most prominent priorities and challenges in the MENA region, and to address all challenges, most notably climate change, refugee issues, and long-term crises.