 Organised in 16 branches and more than 150 chapters nationwide, the Malaysian Red Crescent is headquartered in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur.The Malaysian Red Crescent also has a very active presence among youths and young adults through a well-organized network of youth and adult volunteer units in schools and institutions of higher learning.The Malaysian Red Crescent has its beginnings in 1948 as branches of the British Red Cross Society in the former British North Borneo (now the Malaysian state of Sabah) and Sarawak.