Barbados Red Cross Society

Saint Michael

Overview

The Barbados Red Cross Society was founded in 1960 as part of the British Red Cross. The Parliament of Barbados passed the Barbados Red Cross Society Act in 1966, the same year that Barbados became a country independent of the United Kingdom. The Barbados Red Cross Society played host to the annual Red Cross Pre-Hurricane Meeting, which brought together about 60 top Red Cross officials, donors and other agencies involved in regional disaster risk reduction projects.