Uruguayan Red Cross | |
Native Name: | Cruz Roja Uruguaya |
Size: | 250px |
Type: | Non-profit |
Status: | Active |
Purpose: | Humanitarian |
Headquarters: | Montevideo |
Region Served: | Uruguay |
Membership: | International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement |
The Uruguayan Red Cross (Spanish; Castilian: link=no|'''Cruz Roja Uruguaya''') was founded in 1897 and it has its headquarters in Montevideo.[1]
In 1897, on the wake of the Revolution of 1897, the philanthropist Aurelia Ramos de Segarra established the Red Cross of Christian Ladies.[2]