Lao Red Cross Society

Lao Red Cross Society

The Lao Red Cross Society is a humanitarian organization in Laos. It was established in 1955 [ [http://www.laoredcross.org/ Lao Red Cross Organization Offical Site] ] .

Since 1992 it has worked extensively at tackling problems with HIV/AIDS in the country and works approximately with 40,000 annually [ [http://www.adb.org/NGOs/annex1006.asp www.adb.org] ] .

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