A former staff of the Liberia National Red Cross Society Mrs. Roselyn Nugba Ballah will receive the Florence Nightingale Medal on Thursday, November 30, 2017. She was nominated by the Liberian Red Cross and selected by a commission comprised of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Council of Nurses in May 2017. Mr. Clarke says the award is an indication that the work of the Liberian Red Cross former staff and volunteers are still being recognized and appreciated internationally to motivate other staff and volunteers in the service of humanity in Liberia. Since the Ebola response, the Liberian Red Cross and some of her staffs and volunteers have received several awards.Institutionally, the Red Cross has received the Golden Image Award, Investiture Ebola Virus Disease Award, Spanish Red Cross Ebola Virus Disease Award, and the Special Humanitarian Award.Individually,Mrs. Neima Candy, a former staff of the Liberian Red Cross received the Alumni category of the 2016 Advance Global Australian Award and the latest Florence Nightingale Medal awarded to Mrs. Roselyn Ballah including the recent Henry Davidson Award given to Thomas Marwolo on behalf of the Liberian Red Cross volunteers for their sacrificial services to humanity during the Ebola crisis.

Source: GNN Liberia November 30, 2017 13:52 UTC