title: Yemen Red Crescent Society
text: # Yemen Red Crescent Society
  
  The Yemen Red Crescent Society (Arabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر اليمني ) is a Yemeni humanitarian association founded in 1968. The group is a national affiliate of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
  
  ## Main goals
  
  Speaking in 2018, the Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Elhadj As Sy, said that the priorities for the organization in 2019 would be: preparing for the next pandemic; moving to protect vulnerable populations like women, children, displaced persons and disabled persons; and preparing for climate-related issues.
  
  ## Activities and history
  
  Founding
  
  Abdullah Alkhamesi was the founder of the Yemen Red Crescent Society. He stayed on as general secretary until the 2000s. He died in 2017 after being unable to access the necessary medical treatment in Yemen.
  
  Yemeni Civil War
  
  The Yemen Red Crescent Society is one of a small group of humanitarian organizations still providing help to civilians on the ground in Yemen currently. Several aid workers have been hurt or killed in their work in Yemen; four Yemeni Red Crescent workers died alone in 6 months in 2015.
  
  