Philippine Red Cross Muntinlupa

PURPOSES
Section 3 of the PRC Charter enumerates the purposes of this Corporation as follows:

1. To furnish volunteer aid to the sick and wounded of armed forces in time of war, in accordance with the spirit of and under the conditions prescribed by the Geneva Red Cross Convention to which the Republic of the Philippines proclaimed its adherence on February fourteen, nineteen hundred and forty-seven;

2. For the purposes mentioned in the proceeding sub-section, to perform all duties devolving upon the Corporation as a result of the adherence of the Republic of the Philippines to the said Convention;

3. To act in matters of voluntary relief and in accordance with the authorities of the Armed Forces as a medium of communication between the people of the Republic of the Philippines and their Armed Forces, in time of peace and in time of war, and to act in such matters between similar national societies of other governments and the Government and people and the Armed Forces of the Philippines;

4. To establish and maintain a system of national and international relief in time of peace and in time of war and apply the same in meeting the emergency needs caused by typhoon, floods, fires, earthquakes, and other natural disasters; and to device and carry out measures for minimizing the suffering caused by such disasters;

5. To devise and promote such other services in time of peace and in time of war as may be found desirable in improving the health, safety and welfare of the Filipino people without infringing upon the functions of government;

6. To devise such means as to make every citizen and/or resident of the Philippines a member of the Red Cross.