Do you know a head national tracing department of brazilian red cross society?

Question

The head of BRAZILIAN RED CROSS national tracing department is the avocate OSWALDO DE BITTENCOURT AMARANTE FILHO. Dr.Amarante learning law in the Faculdade de Ciências Jurídicas , in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Mr.Amarante is Secretary of Friends Association of Brazilian Red Cross in the Rio de Janeiro town.

Answer 1

During this period, boats with Red Cross volunteers were often the only contact with health services for people in inaccessible areas of the Amazon.

In Pará state in northern Brazil, the local branch, with 3,000 volunteers, has been working with an environmental group to recycle rubbish. This is a way of preserving the environment and at the same time generating employment and income for poor people

In Maranhao, one of the poorest states in Brazil, the local branch trains young people, aged 14 to 24, to prepare them for working life.

“Our state reflects the many contradictions of the country,” says Maranhao branch president Carmen Maria Texeira Moreira. “There is a high percentage of unemployment and, on the other hand, industries claim that they cannot find qualified people.”

Founded in 1914, the Minas Gerais branch is one of the oldest in the country. During the past few years, it has conducted training courses for nurses and first aiders.

“Today, we are implementing the strategic plan and refocusing on the most vulnerable people,” says Minas Gerais branch’s general secretary, Márcia Fernández Zazá.

Brazilian Red Cross president, Luiz Fernando Hernández.
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Using Brazil’s power

President Luiz Fernando Hernández says branches must continue to serve their own populations in their own unique ways. “Now, together with the branches, we are developing national activities, and they still work on their local matters.”

The National Society’s new strength was demonstrated after 2004’s Indian Ocean tsunami, when, in a short space of time, it collected 300 tonnes of food, clothes and medicine, and raised US$ 705,000 to help people injured in the disaster.

“It was a record collection in Latin America,” says Luiz Fernando Hernández. “We collected more than twice the amount raised by any other country in the region. “Right now, the Brazilian Red Cross’s goal is to devote all that power to the most vulnerable people in the country and to try to improve their living conditions.”