Macau Red Cross
The Macau Red Cross is a branch of the Red Cross in Macau. The headquarters is in the China Civil Plaza in Sé. It also has a Medical Transfer Centre in the Edificio Industrial Hap Si in, Nossa Senhora de Fátima.
It is the humanitarian organisation in the territory that has existed for the longest time.
The previous head office is in São Lourenço.
History
The 's presence in Macau began in 1920, and became established as a delegation in 1943. A chapter of the book The Red Cross Movement described the Macau Red Cross as "simultaneously, a local creation, a delegation integrated into a national/colonial context, an inter-imperial structure and part of a transnational institution with global reach." The Macau Red Cross left the Portuguese organisation and joined the Red Cross Society of China effective 20 December 1999.It supports a school in, Shiqian County, Tongren, Guizhou: Melco Crown-Macau Red Cross Bo-Ai Primary School. It first opened in 1964 and had its current facility open in 2017.