On Monday a delegation from the St. Maarten Red Cross visited the Sint Maarten House in The Hague where they were greeted by Minister Plenipotentiary Hon. Mathias Voges.
President of the Red Cross Board Paul Martens and Manager Marjan van der Steen, are on a week-long working visit to the Netherlands.
The six Red Cross Chapters started their visit last week Thursday when they visited Humanity House in The Hague. On Friday a round-table meeting was organized in The Hague to discuss the newly approved changes to the Red Cross Royal Decree with the stakeholders.
Minister Voges and Aruba’s Minister of Plenipotentiary were also present for the high-level meeting as well as all chairpersons of the Dutch Caribbean Red Cross chapters, delegates from relevant Dutch Ministries and key members of management of the Netherlands Red Cross.
On Saturday the delegation attended the Netherlands Red Cross Council of Delegates meeting in Utrecht while on Monday the 6th monthly meeting of the Dutch Caribbean Red Cross board presidents, managers and the Netherlands Red Cross was conferred at the Dutch Red Cross headquarters in The Hague.
The working visit concluded on Tuesday with a series of workshops and information sessions.