Monthly e-Newsletter
March 2017

National Disaster Response Team (NDRT) training with a focus on gender and diversity | 27-31 March 2017 | Lao PDR

NDRT is a key response tools of National Societies (NSs) and the training was an opportunity to focus on the assessment templates and assess which tools to extend to take into consideration gender and diversity. The agenda consisted of the topics such as needs assessment with gender and diversity analysis, logistics and relief management as well as lessons learned from Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) operation in 2016.

National Disaster Response Team (NDRT) training for Thai Red Cross Society | 15-17 March 2017 | Bangkok, Thailand

Workshop on Communication Strategy for Blood Donation of Lao National Blood Transfusion Centre | 13-17 March 2017 | Lao PDR

This activity inspired 200 youths to change their mindset and attitude about the discrimination, exclusion and stereotyped opinions against their marginalised friends. It became more significant to Lao Youth since this was the first time of the youth-designed activity and it was totally led by themselves from planning to implementation. Click here to read more

In March 2017, Cambodian Red Cross conducted Celebration of World Water Day, Hygiene promotion and education session on fecal transmission route, diseases and environmental cleaning at a school and community, Village cleaning exercise and Home visit by Red Cross Volunteers and awareness raising regarding water treatment and disease transmission. Click here to read more

Gender equality – We all can

The photo storytelling contest “We all can” was organized by Viet Nam Red Cross Society, in the framework of the project “Gender-sensitive community-based disaster risk management in ethnic minority areas of North-West Vietnam (Lai Chai and Son La provinces)” implemented  on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The contest “We all can” focused on two topics: Gender equality in work and Gender equality in daily life. It aimed to raising gender awareness for Vietnam Red Cross staff and volunteers at all levels, who directly implement humanitarian projects and it is a vital factor for creating positive impacts in the development of communities.In addition, the contest encourages and inspires public audiences on gender equality with good examples from photos and stories collected and creates platform for everyone for thought sharing on gender issue in work and in daily life. Click here to read more
 

Red Cross Youth to ramp up first aid efforts in community

Singapore Red Cross (SRC) launched a new initiative on 25 March to increase the level of community first aid their youths perform. Six thousand of the 10,000 Red Cross Youth aged between 9 and 35 learn first aid in their curriculum in RCY. SRC hopes to see a 20 percent increase in the number of youth providing first aid in the community this year. Click here to read more

Young lifesavers champion first aid and emergency preparedness

Over 1,200 students from 52 schools and tertiary institutions across Singapore put their first aid skills to test in the National Youth First Aid Competition organised by the Singapore Red Cross (SRC) on 4 March.

SRC also presented 77 schools with emergency preparedness boxes. Each box contains two first aid bags and a standard operating procedure, which equips schools with step-by-step guides to deal with emergencies such as fires, and conduct mass evacuations. The Red Cross Youth will lead these emergency preparedness efforts in their schools by conducting training workshops for their teachers and fellow students. Click here to read more

On 30 March 2017 there were 23 GRAB taxi, GRAB cars and GRAB bikes drivers actively participated in first aid training which included basic first aid theory and practical sessions provided by the Thai Red Cross Training Centre for First Aid and Health Care. This second training included first aid, CPR – cardiopulmonary resuscitation, choking, fractures and dislocations, legs injuries, preparing and referring to hospitals. Click here to read more

Annual Blood Donation Campaign 2017: “Good Health begins with donating blood every 3 month”

This event was held in Khon Kaen province of Thailand on 27-28 March 2017 to demonstrate the capacity of the Mobile Blood Donation Unit/Service with medical equipment/installations, the processes of operating Mobile Blood Donation Unit and Medical equipment maintenance of Mobile Blood Donation Unit/Service. There was also visiting of the Fix station (the extended blood service in the community). The theme of this campaign is “Good health begins with donating blood every 3 month”. Click here to read more

25th Annual Academic Meeting of National Blood Centre in Remembrance of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej

This meeting was organized on 21-24 March 2017 under the theme National Blood Service Towards Thailand 4.0. The academic meeting was for the attendees involved in blood service pathological work, hematological work and blood banks in hospitals across the country to gain new knowledge and scientific knowledge on blood service pathology and hematology which have  progressed continuously, and it was also an opportunity for them to meet and exchange knowledge, experiences, promote and support their academic knowledge, present their researches and disseminate their blood service knowledge.Click here to read more (in Thai)

Thai Red Cross Society joins Dow Group Thailand in providing clean and safe water for remote rural students

On 22 March 2017, the Relief and Community Health Bureau of Thai Red Cross Society, with Dow Group Thailand, Dow Water and Process Solutions, Unitech Co., Ltd. and Waternet Public Company Limited, established "Clean Water by Red Cross-Dow for Students" project to install water filtration machine and install efficient maintenance system for schools in fifty remote rural schools across the country using the world-class water filtration innovation that Dow developed. Click here to read more (in Thai)

Project of taking care of patients under the king’s patronage of Provincial Red Cross Chapters and project of building work capacity for sustainability

Philippines Red Cross Ready for the Big One

Ambulances, emergency field hospitals, rescue trucks, pay loaders, water tankers, generators, and thousands of doctors, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), surgeons, trained first aiders, and Red Cross 143 volunteers—the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has mobilized its entire system in anticipation of the “Big One” (earthquake). Click here to read more

Red Cross Gives Psychosocial Support to Affected Families of Surigao

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) gave families psychosocial support, one of PRC Welfare Service’s main programmes. Psychosocial support helps mitigate the impact of disasters and helps survivors cope by offering them psychological first-aid (practical assistance, such as helping them get in touch with family members), guidance, and counseling. Click here to read more

Philippine Red Cross observes World Water Day 2017

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) joins the observance of World Water Day 2017, highlighting its commitment on proper allocation and use of water resources as well as providing safe water in identified communities in the country. With this year’s theme “Why waste water?,” PRC continuously spread awareness not only in promoting hygiene and improving access to clean water and sanitation facilities, but as well as on simple and basic strategies on re-using and reducing wastewater. Click here to read more

New Red Cross Ship to Serve as Ambulance and Disaster Response Vessel

Now on its 70^th year, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has welcomed the newest—and biggest—member of its family: a 195-foot military prototype vessel the PRC will use as its ambulance and disaster response ship.But as with any new member of a family, the ship needs to be christened with its own name.From April 1 to April 15, PRC is holding the #NameThatRedCrossShip contest to encourage the public to be part of Philippine history by helping name the country’s only humanitarian ship. Click here to read more

For latest news stories from the Indonesian Red Cross, click here (in Bahasa, with English translation option at the top right)

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» See the details of some upcoming events below at http://www.rcrc-resilience-southeastasia.org/events/