User:Kwekubo/Voluntary aid society

Voluntary aid society is a term used in the 1949 Geneva Conventions for the protection of war victims to denote a private relief society which undertakes to assist the medical services of national armed forces. The word "voluntary" does not refer to remuneration of th expression "Voluntary aid societies" does not mean that the staff of such societies are necessarily unpaid. It means that their work is not based on any obligation to the State, but on an engagement accepted of their own free will.