The Blue Cross is a health development organisation of professionals and volunteers.
There are national Blue Cross organisations in 41 countries – each with a national board and local organisations.
These organisations are independent, non-denominational Christian organisations.
The International Blue Cross is the umbrella body for the national and local Blue Cross organisations – called member organisations.
What makes the Blue Cross different
The Blue Cross approach is integrated and holistic. It incorporates the physical, psychological and social aspects of a person’s life, as well as its spiritual dimensions, into all its care and therapy.
Blue Cross professionals and volunteers are guided by their professional ethics as well as by Christian values of respect, dignity, solidarity, and inclusiveness.
Blue Cross presence and assistance is non-discriminatory.
Blue Cross professionals and volunteers are deeply connected with local communities with whom they work.
Blue Cross projects are committed to apply shared standards of professional practice in prevention and care, leadership and governance.
Where does the Blue Cross come from?
1877 – The Blue Cross is founded in Geneva, Switzerland, by Pastor Louis-Lucien ROCHAT.
Blue Cross organisations emerge in Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands soon after 1877.
1886 – The “International Federation of the Blue Cross” is established in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
1906 – The first Blue Cross organisation outside Europe is founded in Ghana, Africa.
More recently Blue Cross organisations have been founded in numerous other African, Latin American, and Asian countries.
1877 – The Blue Cross is founded in Geneva, Switzerland, by Pastor Louis-Lucien ROCHAT.