Bolivian Red Cross

The Bolivian Red Cross (Spanish: Cruz Roja Boliviana) was officially founded in Bolivia on 15 May 1917 by Dr. Juan Manuel Balcazar.

[3] Dalence commissioned Vicenta Paredes Mier, as the Inspector of the Field Kitchen and named Rosaura Rodríguez, as official cook.

[3] The official establishment of the organization occurred on 15 May 1917, when a group of female teachers from the Liceo Señoritas Venezuela, in La Paz, under the direction of Professor Natural History and Science Dr. Juan Manuel Balcázar.

They were approved by the State on October 30, 1918, at that time Dr. Juan Manuel Balcázar pointed out that "Indeed, almost all the objectives (CRB), tend to save or improve the health of the unfortunate, to remedy indigence, dependent poverty of multiple causes, deficiencies in public hygiene services, etc., are included in its statute.

[1] The founding act of the Bolivian Red Cross says: “In the city of La Paz, at the Liceo de Señoritas, at 4 pm on May 15, 1917, they met at the initiative and insinuation of Dr. Juan Manuel Balcázar, Professor of Natural History of the establishment, the director Andrée Dobois Niboyet, Miss Rosa Infante, professors of History and Geography; Mercedes Frías, of Drawing; Sara Pascoe, from Gymnastics; Rita Frias, secretary; and the students of the 4th, 5th and 6th courses, Miss Rosa Aparicio, Antonia Aramayo, Raquel Bello, Avis von Boeck, Carmen Rosa Bozo, Eloísa Catacora, Marina David, María Teresa Granier, Esther Lanza Q., María Montes R, Enriqueta Pacheco, Esther Perou, Bethsabe Salmón Cristina Tejada, Sara Villalobos, Nemésia Zeballos and Enriqueta Zorrilla, with the aim of founding a society that, with the name of the Bolivian Red Cross, aims to collaborate with the public health service and very particular with the National Army”.

Government commissioner to attend the III Pan-American Conference of the Red Cross, held in Rio de Janeiro after the war.

913, "Dr. Juan Manuel Balcázar, was honored in the rank of Grand Officer with the National Decoration of the Order of the Condor of the Andes, for his outstanding work in the country's public health and the Foundation of the Bolivian Red Cross Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan The Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus (suspended) Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile [es] China Colombia Comoros Congo [it] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Cook Islands Costa Rica [es] Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba [es] Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador [es] Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Norway Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru (suspended) Philippines Poland Portugal [pt] Qatar Republika Srpska Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan (Republic of China) Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Abkhazia (no-member) Cyprus, North (non-member) Hong Kong (autonomous branch of the RCSC) Kosovo (non-member) Macau (autonomous branch of the RCSC) Oman (non-member) Ossetia, South (non-member) SADR (pending recognition and admission) Somaliland (non-member) Taiwan (former member) Transnistria (non-member) Vatican City (autonomous branch of the Italian Red Cross)