Logistics and Finance Operations of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS)

Abstract

Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) is a humanitarian organization which was established on 1973 for the purpose of helping people in the critical and miserable moments. The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) is basically a non for profit organization which is a part of the world’s largest humanitarian non-government organization “The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement”. The organization Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) actually stays beside the Bangladeshi people and plays a significant role in the relief & rescue of them in the critical moments such as flood, natural disasters. Actually Bangladesh is a poor country. When the natural disaster occurs in the country, the poor people suffer highly. The BDRCS organization used to help those people in those critical situations and make them relief and safe. The overview and history of BDRCS, the vision & mission of the organization, the organizational structure, the partners & the managing board of the organization are specifically discussed in the chapter 3 of the report. The BDRCS is a broad organization with a huge number of activities and operations. The organization has lots of departments including Disaster Risk Management Department, Community Development Department, Health Service Department, Training Department, Planning and Development Department, Human Resource Department, Logistics Department, Finance Department, Internal Audit Department etc. This report is basically on the logistics and the finance operations of the BDRCS. The logistics department and the finance department are elaborately discussed in this report with some figures. The logistics and finance are very important sectors among all the sectors of the organization. These have created more value in the organization. Today, the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) has a high reputation because of its greater value. Since the launch of its business in 1973, the organization is running very effectively. Now at the present, the organization is on the top level as a humanitarian organization. The board of the organization is planning to invest more money in the organization and extend the business organization by launching new sectors and departments in the business organization for the future development. They are also planning to hire more employees and purchasing more resources in the organization to grow their business in future. Some findings and observations of the organization are given in chapter 5 of the report. Some recommendations are also provided in chapter 5 for the improvement of the organization.