This was said by Dr. Vicente Roque Álvarez, General Secretary of the Red Cross in this province, during the ceremony with which was celebrated the 83rd Anniversary of the constitution of this humanitarian organization.

In the event were delivered postgraduates' certificates of technical staff of the Red Cross to a group of volunteers, joined now to the institution.

On Sunday, July 21st 1935, Dr. Modesto Manuel Ignacio Corvisón de Quesada, hydraulic engineer and recognized polyglot, founded in his house of de los Mártires Avenue number 207, the first delegation of the Red Cross in Camagüey.

There stand out among the actions presented by the organization in Camagüey during the last years the evaluation of the Project of Prevention of Community Risks, in collaboration with the Norwegian Red Cross; the graduation of course of diving of the Special Group of the Operations of Rescue and the tasks of publication, exchange and preparation of the population before natural disasters.

The Red Cross arises in Cuba in 1909 and since then its work has spread to the whole population, its presence spreads to works of humanitarian aid, solidarity and impartiality throughout these years.

Example of it is the attention offered to the victims of the earthquakes of different countries of the whole world, the clash to hurricanes and in the struggle against continental epidemics. Nevertheless the activity of this organization has turned out to be greatly increased since 1996, and nowdays there is a program for natural disasters that is applied in the whole country since 1999; this one is given through community guides, workshops and conferences to the population and the required personnel.

Translated by BA in English Language, Manuel Barrera Téllez

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