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Pacific (MAA55001) - Programme Update no. 2

Pays
Australie
+ 13
Sources
IFRC
Date de publication

This report covers the period 1 July to 31 December 2010.

Programme summary:

Red Cross National Societies are community-based organizations. Support to improving the functioning of local Red Cross institutions, programmes and the resulting services, which then have an impact on vulnerable people, is at the heart of IFRC regional office's mandate.

The programme is:

- providing support to Red Cross National Societies in Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands (currently in formation), Micronesia, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu (currently in formation) and

Vanuatu

- supporting and guiding the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies' (IFRC) country office team in Samoa

- improving institutional memory within the membership, and the sharing of good practice and lessons learnt

- coordinating the work of the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement in the region within the IFRC's mandate

- liaising and coordinating with non-Red Cross Red Crescent actors in disaster preparedness and response, and in longer-term development programming

Financial situation: The total 2010 budget is CHF 2,279,000 (±USD 2.11 million or ±EUR1.73 million), revised up from the original budget of CHF 1,771,839 (±USD 1.71 million or ±EUR1.16 million), of which 111 per cent is covered. Overall expenditure was ±CHF 1.59 million or 68 per cent of the budget.

Other appeals include:

Earthquake and tsunami (MDRWS001) (Twelve Month Consolidated Report) - Operations Update no. 8

No. of people we help:

The Pacific regional office covers 15 countries and provides support to 14 National Societies. These National Societies in turn provide support to thousands of people. The National Societies are the Australian Red Cross, Cook Islands Red Cross Society, Fiji Red Cross Society, Kiribati Red Cross Society, Marshall Islands Red Cross Society (currently in formation), Micronesia Red Cross Society, New Zealand Red Cross, Palau Red Cross Society, Papua New Guinea Red Cross Society, Samoa Red Cross Society, Solomon Islands Red Cross Society, Tonga Red Cross Society, Tuvalu Red Cross Society (currently in formation) and the Vanuatu Red Cross Society.

The disaster management, organizational development and health programmes reached over 200 staff and volunteers through capacity-building initiatives. Pacific National Societies reached over 300,000 people through their disaster response operations and longer-term programming. The HIV programme reached approximately 24,000 people - mostly young people and members of high-risk groups - through community-based health and first aid (CBHFA), as well as youth peer education and social mobilization for voluntary non-remunerated blood donations. The CBHFA programme in Tuvalu benefited approximately 5,000 people with 50 volunteers trained in CBHFA.

Our partners:

The Japanese Red Cross Society is a long-standing multilateral supporter of the IFRC's work in the Pacific. The Japanese Red Cross Society's contribution benefited a range of health, disaster management and organizational development activities. The Australian Red Cross has supported the disaster management programme and the strengthening of National Society governance. The New Zealand Red Cross also supports the strengthening of National Society governance as well as health programmes. The Netherlands Red Cross and the Norwegian Red Cross have supported the IFRC's disaster management programme. The Spanish Red Cross contributed to capacity-building initiatives in eight National Societies. The Red Cross Society of China is also a valued supporter of the Pacific region. The IFRC collaborates closely with the ICRC's Pacific delegation, particularly in organizational development activities.

The IFRC's main external partners and/or donors in the second half of 2010 were the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), the Global Fund, the Secretariat for Pacific Communities (SPC), the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), the European Commission's humanitarian aid department (ECHO), the New Zealand Aid Programme and the Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation (PIAF).

The IFRC, on behalf of all National Societies in the Pacific region, would like to thank partners and donors for their generous support.