What kind of historical connection does East Timor have with the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement?
East Timor has been a colony for hundreds of years. The Portuguese Red Cross had a branch in East Timor. The Indonesian Red Cross had a branch in Dili. It worked in blood-donor mobilization and first-aid training. The memory and experiences of these periods is certainly both positive and negative. However for the future, the East Timor Red Cross will cooperate with all sister societies within the International Federation and can count on support by all. During the past 20 years, the ICRC has ensured a continuous presence in East Timor which has been an important contribution to create positive expectations on the role of the Red Cross. This means that there are a number of people linked to the Red Cross as professional workers, as well as people who may have been volunteers in the past. What are the particular challenges that the future National Society of East Timor may face? The challenges involve mobilizing resources, identifying short-term and longer-term objectives and making it p
