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Nurse Tending Child, International Red Cross Centenary Issue, Republic of Cyprus

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Title

Nurse Tending Child, International Red Cross Centenary Issue, Republic of Cyprus

Description

The Cyprus Red Cross was founded in 1950 as a branch of the British Red Cross. From the start the Society was set up on a pan-Cyprian basis with its headquarters at Nicosia. Branches were also established in all the major towns.In 1957, the Society’s Home for Sick Children was established in Kyrenia. The home provided nursing and professional care for children of families with limited means and suffering from physical disabilities. In 1967, the Government’s Red Cross Law created the independent Cyprus Red Cross Society, which became a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. In 1973, the Society’s Youth Section was founded. After the Turkish invasion of Northern Cyprus in July 1974, the Home for Sick Children was relocated from Kyrenia to Limassol and representative branches for Kyrenia and Famagusta were transferred to Nicosia and Larnaca respectively. Today, the Cyprus Red Cross has about 8,000 members, comprised of persons representing every community on the island: Greeks, Turks, Armenians, Maronites, and foreign nationals living in Cyprus. The Red Cross continues, nearly 25 years later, to assist refugees and enclaved persons whose lives were uprooted by the events of 1974.

Source

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Publisher

Library of Cyprus University of Technology
Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology

Contributor

Designer: A. Tassos

Rights

Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.

Relation

www.cypruspost.gov.cy

Format

TIFF

Language

EL, EN

Type

Identifier

1963 - RED CROSS - 10M

Coverage

35.160417, 33.346556

Provenance

Aspioti - Elka, Athens

Files

Citation

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus and Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Nurse Tending Child, International Red Cross Centenary Issue, Republic of Cyprus,” Αψίδα, accessed March 28, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/12471.