CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP
The Sierra Leone Red Cross Society has four categories of membership
Step 1
Enroll The Form & Confirm The Subject
Step 2
Waiting For Our Preliminary Review
Step 3
Submit Your Resume & Teacher Certificate
Step 4
Start To Write Your Courses and Sell
Active Membership
Active members are those persons who give voluntary service to the society, pay the annual subscriptions, and are registered as such by a Branch/Group.
Subscribing Membership
Subscribing members pay the annual subscriptions as laid down by the General Assembly.
Honorary Membership
There are also the honorary members who have been designated by Governance in recognition of their exceptional services to the Red Cross.
Patron
A patron is a public figure designated by governance that personally supports the National Society.
Duties of Membership
- To promote the work of the National Society
- To recognize and obey all statues
- To pay the annual subscription
- To participate actively in the work of the National Society
- To respect, promote and protect the emblem
Rights of Membership
- To elect and be elected to the governing bodies
- o participate and vote in the meetings of the local assembly and if elected in the assemblies of higher levels of the organization
- To present proposals and raise issues with any authority in the National Society
The Red Cross Movement has a distinct Emblem, the use of which is protected by international and Domestic Laws. Accordingly, impersonation and misuse of the Red Cross emblem were therefore considered serious offences under the SLRCS Act. Section 7
Rev. Sahr Christian Fayia
National President, SLRCS