# Somali Red Crescent Society (Bisha Cas): what it does

> What the Somali Red Crescent Society does: founding, clinics, Keysaney hospital, rehabilitation centres, disaster work, leaders, partners and funding.

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Last checked: 2026-11-12
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## What it is

The Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS, in Somali *Bisha Cas*) was founded in April 1963 and became a legal body under Presidential Decree No. 187 in 1965. The IFRC describes it as an independent, non-political national humanitarian organisation ([IFRC case study](https://ifrc.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/Longitudunal%20Review%20Case%20study_Somali%20Red%20Crescent.pdf)). It is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and works across Somalia and [Somaliland](/en/states/somaliland-1991-to-2026/) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Red_Crescent_Society)).

## What it reports doing

The SRCS annual report for 2024 lists these programmes ([SRCS annual report 2024](https://data-api.ifrc.org/documents/SO/Annual%20Report_Somalia_2024.pdf)):

- **Primary health care:** which it calls its flagship programme. In 2024 it reports serving 1,477,502 people through its clinics and mobile health teams, 90% of its target. Of these, 664,876 were children under five.
- **Mother and child health:** antenatal care, deliveries, nutrition for children and mothers, and immunisation.
- **Keysaney hospital:** its war-wounded and fistula hospital in Mogadishu.
- **Physical rehabilitation:** centres in Mogadishu, Hargeisa and Galkayo.
- **Disasters:** flood response, cash help and hygiene campaigns, with emergency funds from the IFRC.

Earlier reports give 57 fixed and 15 mobile clinics in 2019, and 65 fixed and 35 mobile clinics in 2023 ([SRCS annual report 2019](https://data-api.ifrc.org/documents/SO/Annual%20Report_Somalia_2019.pdf); [SRCS annual report 2023](https://data-api.ifrc.org/documents/SO/Annual%20Report%20Somalia%202023.pdf)).

## Who leads it

Dr [Ahmed Mohamed Hassan](/en/people/ahmed-mohamed-hassan-pilot/) was president of the SRCS for 43 years until he died in July 2018 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Red_Crescent_Society)). The 2018 and 2019 annual reports name Yusuf Hassan Mohamed as president ([SRCS annual report 2019](https://data-api.ifrc.org/documents/SO/Annual%20Report_Somalia_2019.pdf)). The 2024 report says its general assembly extended the terms of the president, vice president and executive committee for another four years ([SRCS annual report 2024](https://data-api.ifrc.org/documents/SO/Annual%20Report_Somalia_2024.pdf)).

## Partners

The 2024 report thanks the ICRC, the IFRC, the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organization, the Red Cross societies of Norway, Germany, Britain, Finland, Canada, Iceland and Denmark, the Turkish, Kuwaiti and [Qatar](/en/diaspora/qatar/) Red Crescents, and Hormuud Telecom ([SRCS annual report 2024](https://data-api.ifrc.org/documents/SO/Annual%20Report_Somalia_2024.pdf)). See also the [ICRC in Somalia](/en/institutions/icrc-somalia/).

## The money

OCHA's Financial Tracking Service (FTS) records humanitarian funding that donors and agencies report to it. It is not the whole budget of an organisation, and recent years are still being filled in. FTS lists these amounts received by the Somali Red Crescent Society itself for work in Somalia ([OCHA FTS](https://fts.unocha.org/countries/206/summary/2025)):

| Year | Humanitarian funding recorded (US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | US$269,951 |
| 2025 | none recorded |
| 2026, to November | none recorded |

The same figures for 212 organisations are on [this site's aid funding list](/en/institutions/aid-organisations-funding-2024-2026/).

Most money for its work reaches it through partner Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, which FTS lists under their own names, such as the Norwegian Red Cross ([OCHA FTS](https://fts.unocha.org/countries/206/summary/2025)).

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