Перейти к основному содержанию

Central America Appeal No. MAA43001 Programme Update no. 1

Страны
Багамские Острова
+ 8
Источники
IFRC
Дата публикации

The Federationís mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the worldís largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org
In Brief

Appeal No. MAA43001; Programme Update no. 1, Period covered: 1 January to 31 March 2006; 2006 Appeal Coverage: 33%; Outstanding needs for 2006: CHF 2,454,881 (USD 1,979,656 or EUR 1,574,141).

2006 - 2007Appeal target: CHF 6,945,882 (USD 5,384,508 or EUR 4,504,980); 2006 Appeal target revised to CHF 3,314,902

Related Emergency or Annual Appeals: El Salvador: Floods & Volcanic Activity (05EA020); Central America, Mexico & Haiti: Floods from Hurricane Stan (05EA021); Bahamas, Cuba & Mexico: Hurricane Wilma (05EA024)

Programme summary: The goal of the regional delegation in 2006 continues to be, as in past years, to provide support to National Societies in the core programme areas, in accordance with the Plan of Action of the Inter American Conference and Strategy 2010, by strengthening links and building the capacities of National Societies through regional networks, the harmonization of regional methodologies and campaigns, and the promotion of humanitarian principles and values. Following the decisions at the General Assembly in November 2005, the regional delegation is now working with the National Societies of the region and their partners to identify ways to respond to the Global Agenda and scale up the impact of Red Cross work in the region. This focus will be increasingly reflected throughout 2006, leading up to the next Inter American Conference in June 2007.

The organizational development programme has maintained its focus on improving organizational capacities of National Societies by promoting the characteristics of a Ó well-functioning National SocietyÔ . Activities implemented during the reporting period have centred on the drafting of a Regional Volunteering Policy, the dissemination of the FederationÏs Integrity Policy and the provision of support to National Societies seeking to update branch rules and regulations, electoral policies and strategic plans.

Given the regionÏs vulnerability to natural disasters, the regional risk reduction programme has been working closely with the two regional centres of reference for disaster preparedness, encouraging the active training of National Intervention Teams (NITs) and the dissemination of key regional documents and methodologies, which include the Better Be Ready series, and the NITs training guides. The regional delegation is also constantly improving coordination with the Pan American Disaster Response Unit (PADRU) to ensure efficient and speedy disaster response.

The regional health programme has continued to disseminate and improve successful HIV/AIDS campaigns, such as the Ó Nobody has the Truth Written on their Face. Protect Yourself. Use a CondomÔ campaign, the peer to peer Ó Together We CanÔ methodology and the Ó Come CloserÔ global campaign, and will continue to strengthen National Society health capacities through the REDCAMP-SALUD regional network. The regional health programme is also promoting the roll-out of the Club 25 methodology to improve recruitment and retention of blood donors, and hired a consultant for the drafting a Continental Psychosocial Support Strategic Plan. The overall ability of National Societies to respond to an Avian Flu Virus threat is currently being investigated through questionnaires sent out through the health programme.

The regional humanitarian principles and values coordinator is working closely with the regional health team in the HIV/AIDS taxis campaign ìTransporting Respect for People Living with HIV/AIDSî, which reached over 80,000 people within a six month period in Honduras and El Salvador in 2005. This campaign, which promotes respect and tolerance for people living with HIV/AIDS, was extended to Guatemala in early 2006 and positive results have been received thus far. The regional HPV coordinator is also working to incorporate humanitarian principles and values into each core area by making HPV tools accessible to National Societies through the regional HPV website.

The aftermath of a harsh and prolonged 2005 hurricane season left a large number of peoples and communities in Central America and Mexico more vulnerable to existing conditions of malnutrition, the rising prevalence of HIV/AIDS, and high infant and maternal mortality rates, and further exacerbated the general poverty that affects the region. Although rehabilitation efforts have continued in many countries of the region throughout the first half of the year, only the Federation operation in Guatemala is being extended until December 2006, due to the severe damage caused by floods, which affected more than 500,000 people in October 2005.

Central America and Mexico also continue to face some of the same problems that have been observed in the past: high levels of poverty and inequality, drug trafficking and money laundering, rising violence levels in urban areas (due mainly to the proliferation of violent street gangs known as maras), and an extreme vulnerability to natural disasters, including hurricanes, floods, volcanic activity and earthquakes.

For further information specifically related to this operation please contact: ∑

In Panama: Leon Prop, Head of Regional Delegation, Panama; leon.prop@ifrc.org, phone (507) 317-1300, fax (507) 317-1304 ∑

In Geneva: Luis Luna, Federation Regional Officer, Americas Department, Geneva; email: luis.luna@ifrc.org; phone (41 22) 730-4274; fax (41 22) 733-0395

This Programme Update reflects activities to be implemented over a one-year period. This forms part of, and is based on, longer-term, multi-year planning (refer below to access the detailed logframe documents). All International Federation assistance seeks to adhere to the Code of Conduct and is committed to the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response in delivering assistance to the most vulnerable. For support to or for further information concerning Federation programmes or operations in this or other countries, or for a full description of the national society profile, please access the Federationís website at http://www.ifrc.org

(pdf* format - 154 KB)