Nepal Red Cross Society

Chairpersons

• Princess Princep Shah^[2]
• Princess Helen Shah of Nepal^[3]
• Mr. Ramesh Kumar Sharma
• Mr. Sanjiv Thapa^[4]

National Committees

• National Disaster & Crisis Management Committee
• National Health & Community Resilience Committee
• National Humanitarian Principles & Diplomacy Committee
• National Organization & Capacity Development Committee

Central Committees provide guidance to bringing effectiveness in programme having National Network.

Central Committees

• Central Junior/Youth RC Committee
• Central Health Service Committee
• Central Community Development Committee
• Central Finance Development Committee
• Central Gender & Inclusion Committee
• Central Blood Transfusion Management Committee

There are five regional committees and other committees related to management and technical areas. District chapter and sub-chapter have separate committees working in local level.

Regional Coordination Committees

Nepal Red Cross Society has Regional Coordination Committees in each 5 development regions.

• Central
• Western
• Eastern
• Mid-Western
• Far-Western

Provincial Level Assembly

The first provincial assembly elections in Nepal was held in two phase on 26 November 2017 and on 7 December 2017. As the government changed its structure through the constitution of Nepal. Nepal Red Cross Society also needed to change its structure as per the government's setup. Thus, NRCS reformed its statute on 47th General Convention of the central assembly held at Biratnagar. As per the new statue NRCS has changed its structure into four levels – local, district, provincial and central levels.^[5]

District Level Committees

Nepal Red Cross Society has district chapters in all 77 districts of the country. These district chapters receive organizational support from Sub-Chapters at local level, Junior/ Youth Red Cross Circles in district level and coordinating committees under them.

Sub-Chapter Level Committees

Sub-Chapters are the local level committees reaching every ward of the district. The working area of sub-chapters are divided into various wards of the Village / Municipality / Metropolitan City. These sub-chapters receives organizational support from Junior/ Youth Red Cross Circles based on schools and coordinating committees at communities.

Central level

The Central Blood Transfusion Service Center (CBTSC) in Kathmandu is responsible for management of services in the Kathmandu valley, and for supervising and monitoring the technical standards of the district centers, providing guidance to ensure the collection and supply of safe blood.

Regional level

Four of the five regions have blood transfusion service centers at Biratnagar, Pokhra, Nepalganj and Chitwan. Those provide local services, and thus there is no distinct functioning management structure at the regional level.

District level

The district BTSCs are managed by NRCS district chapters. These centres are supposed to comply with guidelines provided under the 1983 NRCS regulations and the 1998 Standard Operating Procedures.