Red Cross Global Impact Report 2012
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Global Impact Report
Fiscal Year 2012
Global Impact Report Responding to Disasters
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A Message From the President and CEO
The work of the American Red Cross and our Red Cross and Red Crescent partners can be seen around the world—delivering assistance when disaster strikes and preparing people and communities for future crises. Harder to see, but critically important, is the support provided by you, our donors, which makes our work possible. Each year, disasters affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide; conflict and health emergencies touch the lives of millions more. In times of crises, the Red Cross is there, meeting pressing needs with compassion and facing challenges with determination. But a local Red Cross or Red Crescent society rarely stands alone. The global Red Cross network has national societies in more than 185 countries that shelter those left homeless by disaster, reconnect families separated by war, and bring basic health services to those who need them. The American Red Cross is a proud and active member of this, the world’s largest humanitarian network, and honored to deliver help and hope on your behalf. While we cannot predict when the next emergency will strike, experts agree that humanitarian needs are sharply on the rise. Climate-related disasters are increasing in frequency and leaving tremendous devastation in their wake. More than half the world’s population now lives in urban centers, where vulnerability is even greater. Because preparedness saves lives and resilient communities are
better able to recover from crises, the American Red Cross continues to focus increased investments in reducing risks and readying communities before disaster strikes. Although earthquakes and hurricanes receive the most media attention, more than 80 percent of the 240 million people affected by disasters every year are impacted by floods, droughts and other climate-related disasters that rarely make big headlines. Let me assure you that the suffering of millions is not forgotten because the global Red Cross network, with an unmatched ability to reach those most isolated and vulnerable, answers the call. This is our commitment to those we serve all over the world every day. The American Red Cross accomplished so much with your support this past year—from continued recovery efforts in Haiti and Japan, to pushing for the eradication of measles, to inspiring a new generation of humanitarians in U.S. classrooms. I hope this report brings a glimpse of the important work you made possible and leaves you as proud to be a part of it as I am. Your support really matters—it saves lives. On behalf of those we serve, thank you for your steadfast dedication to our humanitarian mission.
Gail McGovern
Mission The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.
Cover photo: Nepal Red Cross Action Team volunteer Nabina Chitrakar helps Prayatna Neupane to be vaccinated against measles at a school in Kathmandu.
Cover photo: TomVanCakenberghe, International Federation
The Year in Review
Working with our global Red Cross and Red Crescent partners, the American Red Cross helped 155 million people in 70 countries around the world during fiscal year 2012 (July 201 – June 2012). 1
Responding to Disasters
Disaster Response pages 3-5
We assisted millions of people in response to 17 disasters in 27 countries.
Disaster Recovery pages 6-7
We continued to help more than 3.9 million people in Haiti and Japan recover.
Reconnecting Families page 8
We helped reconnect nearly 1,000 families that had been separated by conflict or disaster.
Building Safer, More Resilient Communities
Disaster Preparedness pages 10-1 1
We helped families and communities in 33 countries prepare for potential disasters.
Community Health pages 12-13
We helped vaccinate more than 146 million children through the Measles Initiative and reached more than 335,000 people through HIV programs.
Educating Future Humanitarians
International Humanitarian Law Education | page 15
We helped educate 53,000 students and adults about global humanitarian issues and the laws that protect civilians and combatants during times of war and armed conflict.
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Global Disaster Trends: The Disaster Landscape Is Changing
Disasters, and the number of people affected by disasters, are increasing.1
Over the past 20 years, disasters have affected
People, in millions
4.4 billion people.2
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Of the 200 million people affected by disasters every year, more than 80% are victims of silent disasters, like floods, droughts and epidemics, which hardly ever make headlines.3
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One in three of the urban population lives in crowded
slums with inadequate access to clean water, sanitation, schools, transport and other public services, which ultimately worsen the potential impact of disasters.4
The number of disasters has increased steadily from the 1970s to today, but the reported loss of life has been decreasing significantly, demonstrating that early warnings, preparedness and planning can save lives.5
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Generous contributions from American Red Cross donors made this work possible. Each year, the American Red Cross helps people affected by countless crises in the United States and around the world. For more information about our work, please visit redcross.org.
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EM-DAT, International Disaster Database, http://www.emdat.be/ natural-disasters-trends 2 EM-DAT, International Disaster Database, http://www.emdat.be/ natural-disasters-trends 3 Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), Emergency Events Database 4 UN-Habitat, “Slums of the World- the Face of Global Poverty in the New Millennium,” http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/listItemDetails. aspx?publicationID=1 124 5 EMDAT- The International Disaster Database, Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
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International Federation
Responding to Disasters
The American Red Cross helps meet the urgent needs of those affected by disasters around the world by sending relief supplies, financial assistance and disaster specialists. By coordinating with the global Red Cross and Red Crescent network and other partners, we are able to quickly scale up efforts to address the urgent and longer-term needs of affected communities. This year, your support allowed us to help millions of people affected by flooding, tropical storms, droughts, earthquakes and other disasters in 27 countries.
Where we helped this year
Droughts and Food Insecurity Response: Burkina Faso Chad • Ethiopia • Kenya • Niger • Mauritania • Mali • Paraguay Senegal • Somalia • Tanzania Tropical Storms and Floods Response: Afghanistan • Bangladesh • Bolivia • Colombia • Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras Mexico • Nicaragua • Pakistan • Philippines • Peru • Thailand • Vietnam Earthquakes Response: Haiti • Japan • Turkey Key populations receiving Restoring Family Links services from the American Red Cross: Afghans • Bosnians • Burundians • Cambodians • Congolese • Croats Cubans • Eritreans • Ethiopians • Hungarians • Iraqis • Kosovars • Liberians Rwandans • Somalis • Sudanese • Ugandans • Vietnamese
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Responding to Droughts and Food Insecurity
Horn of Africa Drought
Zeinab crouches on the floor of the straw hut, her hands shaking, her eyes distant. Four of her young children hover listlessly around her. “I have fever,” she tells the Kenyan Red Cross nutritionist. Her four older children have gone with their father to find pasture for their goats, a rare thing in a place that has not seen rain for almost 18 months. With no rain, no food and wells that ran dry months ago, these rural communities have relied on the global Red Cross and Red Crescent network to meet their most basic needs. The Horn of Africa drought began in 2009 and resulted in massive crop failure, water scarcity, low food supplies, death of livestock and the migration of people throughout the region. The global Red Cross and Red Crescent network provided water, food, health services and other relief supplies to meet immediate needs. As a longer-term solution, it also distributed drought-resistant seeds to help sustain the food supply in the future. This year, the American Red Cross also sent a logistics specialist to work with Red Cross and Red Crescent partners in the Sahel region of West Africa to combat a food shortage there caused by erratic rainfall and drought.
Red Cross Response At a Glance
Horn of Africa Drought
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35,000 people given medical and nutritional support in Kenya 5,000 families received relief items in Somalia 78,000 liters of water distributed to more than 4,000 families in Ethiopia 13,000 people received a two-month supply of food in Tanzania
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$4.2 million in assistance contributed by the American Red Cross to this multi-country relief effort
International Federation
Drought in the Horn of Africa that began in 2009 affected millions of people across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya in East Africa.
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After Typhoon Washi damaged his home, Peter Lacarte (pictured) received supplies from the Red Cross that helped him repair his house.
Mollie Godinez, Philippine Red Cross
Responding to Tropical Storms and Floods
Typhoon in the Philippines
Peter Lacarte and his brother, Pablo, fled with their families on the night that Typhoon Washi hit their village in the Philippines in December 201 Like thousands of other families, 1. they sought refuge at a local school. This arrangement only lasted three weeks before they had no choice but to live in a tent borrowed from a friend. The global Red Cross and Red Crescent network provided the brothers with supplies to repair their damaged houses and provide a safe home for their families again. This year, tropical storms such as Typhoon Washi and flooding damaged and destroyed community infrastructure and housing. Making matters worse, many communities in disaster-prone areas were hit by multiple storms during the year, making rebuilding efforts a continuous challenge. Floods caused extensive damage around the world, including several countries in Central and South America. From floods that left most of Peru in a state of emergency, to irregular weather patterns in Paraguay that caused suffering from
both drought and flooding simultaneously, this year’s floods have affected hundreds of thousands of people in the region. This year, the American Red Cross responded to humanitarian needs caused by floods in 14 countries, delivering assistance in the form of disaster specialists, relief supplies and financial contributions.
Red Cross Response at a Glance
Typhoon Washi
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35,000 food packages provided to families in need 7.3 million liters of clean drinking water provided 2,000 families given shelter supplies $268,000 provided by the American Red Cross in assistance
25,000 people assisted
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Responding to Earthquakes
Earthquake in Turkey
The destructive power of earthquakes was seen in the past year, with flattened buildings, people left homeless and infrastructure destroyed. In October 201 a magnitude 7.2 1, earthquake hit the eastern part of Turkey, leaving hundreds dead and thousands homeless. Large aftershocks left people fearful of returning to damaged homes and in need of shelter. In response to this quake, the American Red Cross helped provide relief supplies and temporary shelter. The Turkish Red Crescent’s national disaster operation center and crisis communications system, built with support from the American Red Cross more than 10 years ago, served as the command center in coordinating response efforts. The American Red Cross also continues to support the recovery efforts of people affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the 201 Japan earthquake and tsunami. 1
Haiti Assistance Program: Recovery Update
More than two years after an earthquake struck Haiti, the global Red Cross and Red Crescent network continues to help Haitians rebuild their lives by ensuring access to critical health services, supporting construction and repair of homes and medical facilities, reducing the risk of cholera and better preparing communities for the next disaster. This past year, more than 90,000 people in Port-au-Prince and the Artibonite region of Haiti received the country’s first-ever cholera vaccinations. With support from the American Red Cross, thousands of Haitians were vaccinated in urban and rural communities at risk of contracting this deadly but preventable disease.
Partners in Health
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A young patient receives a cholera vaccination in June 2012.
Patrick Wack, International Federation
Seniors participate in an activity to promote emotional well-being as part of a Red Cross psychosocial support program.
We have also begun a new initiative, in coordination with government and humanitarian partners, to holistically revitalize neighborhoods in the Carrefour Feuilles area of Port-au-Prince. This initiative will benefit thousands of people through—
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Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Recovery Update
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the American Red Cross provided $312 million to support relief and recovery efforts following the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March 201 This vital financial assistance helped 1. improve living conditions for families who lost their homes, and helped rebuild hospitals and a nursing school. With a tsunami early warning system and community disaster drills in place, the Japanese Red Cross demonstrated that investment in disaster preparedness saves lives. Further investments in preparedness are under way, with continued training, additional equipment and expanded relief and medical facilities.
Red Cross Response at a Glance
Repairing and rebuilding homes. Improving livelihoods, access to markets and vocational training. Enhancing community organizations.
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American Red Cross Response to Date*
Haiti Earthquake
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More than 14,000 permanent or transitional shelters constructed, upgraded or repaired More than 3.6 million people received health services 545,000 people benefited from improved water and sanitation services 465,000 people better prepared for future disasters 353,000 people given loans or cash-for-work opportunities to get back on their feet $369 million provided in assistance by the American Red Cross as of June 2012
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Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
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160,000 volunteers mobilized 87,000 patients treated 14,000 people received emotional support 130,000 families received household appliances $312 million provided by the American Red Cross
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3.6 million people reached
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316,000 people assisted
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Reconnecting Families
“We Live When We Talk To Each Other”
For the past six years, Abdiaziz lived each day adjusting to the idea that his wife, Ayan, was dead following her capture by militia from their home in Mogadishu, Somalia. Abdiaziz escaped the attack, fleeing with their son to Egypt, eventually relocating to Minnesota. There, Abdiaziz found out about American Red Cross Restoring Family Links services and contacted his local chapter to help confirm the status of his wife. Just eight months later, his world was turned right-side up again upon hearing Ayan’s voice on the telephone. The couple now speaks by phone every day, and they hope to reunite Ayan safely with her family in the United States. A tragic effect of disaster and conflict is the separation of families and loved ones. American Red Cross caseworkers at chapters across the U.S. work with our Red Cross and Red Crescent partners around the world to locate and deliver messages between separated family members and loved ones. Last year, the American Red Cross helped reconnect 997 families that had been separated by disaster or conflict.
At a Glance
American Red Cross Restoring Family Links
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997 families reconnected Inquiries about missing loved ones researched in 94 countries 3,283 active cases and 2,264 new cases opened
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4,709 people served
“ I am really thankful to the Red Cross for the job they did for me and my family. I gave up until the Red Cross found my wife alive. We married for love; we live when we talk to each other.” – Abdiaziz Warsame
Lynette Nyman, American Red Cross
Abdiaziz Warsame (pictured with his son) was reconnected with his wife this year after years of separation.
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Vu Hoang Khanh Linh, American Red Cross
Building Safer, More Resilient Communities
In addition to responding to disasters when they strike, the American Red Cross works with Red Cross and Red Crescent partners around the world to build safer, more resilient communities that are better prepared for future disasters. Because good health also increases the safety and resilience of a community, we also bring measles vaccinations and health education messages to community members all over the world. This year, your support made it possible to help vaccinate more than 146 million children against measles and reach more than 335,000 people through HIV programs.
Where we helped this year
Disaster Preparedness: Antigua and Barbuda • Bahamas Bangladesh • Belize • Botswana • Cambodia • Chile • China Colombia • Costa Rica • Ecuador • El Salvador • Haiti • India • Indonesia Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • Laos • Namibia • Nepal • Pakistan • Panama • Paraguay Peru • Philippines • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Tajikistan • Turkey Turkmenistan • Uganda • Vietnam • Zimbabwe HIV Prevention and Care: Armenia Bahamas • Belarus • China • Guyana • Haiti • Jamaica • Kazakhstan • Kenya • Kyrgyzstan Russia • Tanzania • Ukraine • Vietnam Measles Prevention: Burundi • Cameroon Democratic Republic of the Congo • Djibouti • Eritrea • Guinea • Haiti • India • Laos Liberia • Myanmar • Namibia • Nepal • North Sudan • Pakistan • Papua New Guinea Sierra Leone • Somalia • Tanzania • Uganda • Yemen • Zimbabwe
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After surviving the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, Ibu Nurjanah became a disaster preparedness volunteer with the Red Cross.
Hotli Simanjuntak, American Red Cross
Disaster Preparedness
Neighbors are often the first people to respond to humanitarian needs when disaster strikes, and the American Red Cross is committed to training and better preparing community members for future emergencies. Global trends such as rapid population growth, unplanned urbanization, environmental degradation and climate change have increased people’s vulnerability to disasters, making the need for disaster preparedness even more critical. With activities spanning more than 30 countries, the American Red Cross works with communities to help them better understand the risks they face, develop action plans—such as evacuation routes and emergency shelters—and identify cost-effective early warning systems to better predict and react to threats. Where possible, we help communities identify ways to reduce their disaster risks, such as planting trees to protect against landslides, improving drainage systems and river embankments to protect against floods, or improving homes so they can better withstand disaster damage.
Goal
Build safer, more resilient communities in disaster-prone countries
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Helped communities and schools develop disaster response plans Strengthened community early warning systems and early actions before a disaster Reduced community risk to lessen the impact of disasters Strengthened the skills of disaster responders through trainings and simulations
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Results: Communities in 33 countries prepared for future disasters
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Preparing for disasters …in Indonesia
In April 2012, several earthquakes struck the Aceh region of Indonesia, an area previously devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. In 2004, Nurjanah and many others in her small fishing village were unprepared and frightened. But now, as an Indonesian Red Cross volunteer, she helps her village assess its disaster risks and prepare. When the earthquakes struck in 2012, Nurjanah calmly made her way to the evacuation center with her children and disaster preparedness bag, directing neighbors along the way. Volunteering has made her a community leader, proud to be helping better prepare her community.
Nelso Molina Jiménez, Chilean Red Cross
Judith Ivon Ortiz Urzua (center) discusses her community’s disaster preparedness plans with Red Cross volunteers.
…in Uganda
Christopher—a soft-spoken Red Cross volunteer with a bright smile—is working to build safer communities in Uganda in a variety of ways, including installing fuel-efficient cook stoves in homes. These stoves help prevent deforestation—and therefore reduce flooding—and they also ensure healthier living conditions and reduce the risk of home fires. Christopher also helps test the bullhorns that serve as communities’ early warning system for impending disasters by using them to remind children to go to school. He is not only providing a valuable public service message, but also ensuring equipment is ready to use during an emergency.
“ We are very grateful to work with the Red Cross. We have never seen a group so concerned with our well-being, so now our community is even more involved with the project because we see that this is a long-term commitment.” – Judith Ivon Ortiz Urzua
…in Chile
Just a month after beginning disaster preparedness planning with the Red Cross, the riverside community of Ana Luisa II in central Chile faced its first disaster evacuation. As the Tinguiririca River swelled, reaching a code-red flood alert, Judith Ivon Ortiz Urzua, the neighborhood council president, sprang into action and mobilized members to ensure the entire community would be ready to evacuate. Although the evacuation order was later canceled, most households had been alerted, including those with elderly and physically challenged residents who also received assistance in preparing to evacuate.
…and around the world
This year, the American Red Cross, together with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, laid the groundwork for the Global Disaster Preparedness Center, a globally focused resource hub on disaster preparedness for the entire Red Cross network. The center will offer practical, timely and technologically savvy services that support on-the-ground practitioners, such as virtual technical assistance, a website to foster learning, exchange of materials and networking, software for mobile apps that can be used by partners around the world to deliver preparedness-related information, and relevant research that explores good practices and innovation around disaster preparedness.
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Julie Arrighi/American Red Cross
One of the ways Red Cross volunteer Christopher Odeke helps build safer communities in Uganda is by installing fuel-efficient cook stoves in homes.
Community Health
Preventing Measles
The Red Cross partnered with the Myanmar Ministry of Health in March 2012 on a nationwide measles vaccination campaign. Myanmar Red Cross volunteers went door to door in rural communities to educate parents and encourage participation in the campaign, often holding hands with the children as they walked the whole family to the vaccination site. Whether mobilizing the community, helping with registration, or comforting a child, these amazing volunteers play an integral role in ensuring children receive this lifesaving gift. As a founding partner of the Measles Initiative, the American Red Cross has supported the vaccination of more than 1 billion children against measles over the last decade, including more than 146 million in the past year. Red Cross volunteers have played a critical role in measles vaccination campaigns by going door-to-door, reaching even remote communities, and educating mothers about the importance of vaccinating their children. With this level of progress, the possibility of eradicating measles is in sight.
This past year, the Measles Initiative expanded its focus to help stop another easily preventable disease—rubella. Now, every time a dollar is donated to the Measles & Rubella Initiative to vaccinate a child against measles, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) will match it with an additional 50 cents to add the rubella vaccine to the shot. This means that children who receive vaccinations will be protected against not just one, but two, diseases.
Goal
Reduce measles deaths by 95 percent worldwide between 2000 and 2015
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Educated vulnerable communities on the importance of measles vaccination Vaccinated children through country-wide vaccination campaigns Strengthened national systems so that governments can better monitor and treat those with measles
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Through its involvement in the Measles and Rubella Initiative, the American Red Cross helped support a country-wide measles vaccination campaign in Myanmar in March 2012.
Results: More than 146 million children vaccinated this year
Christine McNab, Measles and Rubella Initiative
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Building Safe, More Resilient Communities
Goal
Reduce the impact of HIV by contributing to safer, more resilient communities
Actions
In a creative partnership with children’s illustrator Sophie Blackall, Red Cross volunteers are now using Sophie’s images (pictured) during measles campaigns to engage mothers and encourage them to vaccinate their children.
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Equipped global Red Cross partners to respond appropriately to the HIV epidemic in their countries Increased communities’ knowledge and skills to help prevent new infections Expanded access and utilization of HIV treatment, care and support services Reduced stigma and discrimination toward people living with HIV and marginalized groups
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Sophie Blackall
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Reducing the Spread of HIV in the Caribbean
When 19-year-old Natreka Wallace heard about an opportunity to join the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Project with the Bahamas Red Cross, she doubted her ability to speak to her peers about such a sensitive subject. Today, as one of the program’s 40 peer educators in the Bahamas, Natreka is passionate and confident when speaking about the risks of unprotected sex, stigmatization and misinformation. Natreka is helping her community by sharing potentially lifesaving information with some of the most at-risk populations in her community. Last year, the American Red Cross worked with Red Cross and Red Crescent partners to provide HIV prevention education, counseling and testing, access to treatment, care and support services, and anti-stigma activities in local communities in 13 countries.
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Results: 335,000 people reached
Amanda Lewis, Bahamas Red Cross
As a Red Cross peer educator, Natreka Wallace (right) helps educate young people in the Bahamas about HIV.
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Educating Future Humanitarians
The American Red Cross is engaging the country’s next generation of humanitarian leaders by increasing their understanding of the rules of war and respect for human dignity overall. This year, your support allowed us to help educate 53,000 people across the United States about humanitarian issues and the laws that protect civilians and combatants during times of war and armed conflict.
Where we helped this year
United States
International Humanitarian Law Education
With the help of the American Red Cross, Professor Andy Reyes is giving his students a voice—and something to say. As an English as a Second Language teacher in a Boston community college, his classroom is filled with recent immigrants, refugees and even former child soldiers. By incorporating elements of the American Red Cross Exploring Humanitarian Law curriculum into his discussions, his students are able to speak frankly about sensitive and important subjects, while strengthening their English language skills.
Goal
Build respect for International Humanitarian Law and our humanitarian mission through public education
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Trained middle school and high school teachers to integrate Exploring Humanitarian Law into their curricula Trained new instructors to educate adults in their communities about International Humanitarian Law Developed an online course for educators on how to use the Exploring Humanitarian Law curriculum
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8 in 10
Nearly 8 in 10 youth (78% agree) in the U.S. believe that the U.S. should educate youth on the laws and rules of war before they are old enough to vote or enlist in the military.
Source: American Red Cross, International Humanitarian Law Survey, February 201 1
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Results: 53,000 people reached
Just as Red Cross and Red Crescent partners do in their countries all around the world, the American Red Cross teaches people in the United States about International Humanitarian Law. By providing teachers with easily integrated activities and lesson plans to facilitate discussions about complex issues, the American Red Cross is helping educate the next generation of humanitarians. American Red Cross chapters across the country also educate adults about the limits of war and the Geneva Conventions, which protect civilians, prisoners of war and wounded soldiers.
Niki Clark, American Red Cross
Students in Andy Reyes’ English as a Second Language class discuss respect for life and human dignity during times of war.
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Financials
(July 1, 201 - June 30, 2012) 1
Educating Future Humanitarians 2%
Expenditures by Sector
In fiscal year 2012, the American Red Cross received $77.3 million in revenue for international programs. Our expenditures totalled $187.1 million.
HIV & Other Health 15% Measles Prevention 9% Disaster Response & Recovery 44%
Total Expenditures
Program Support $3.0 M
Disaster Preparedness 30%
Core International Programs $37.5 M
Expenditures by Location
Global 7% Latin America & Caribbean 27% Africa 25%
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief $80.0 M
Haiti Assistance Program $66.6 M
Asia, Middle East, Europe 41%
Livelihoods 11% Disaster Preparedness 3% Water & Sanitation 12%
Disaster Preparedness 3%
Shelter 36%
Health & Emotional Support 30% Shelter & Emergency Services 67%
Health 38%
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Jakob Dall, International Federation
Looking Ahead
Your support made it possible for the American Red Cross to bring hope and critical assistance to millions of people around the world last year, but there is more work to do. We continue to expand our efforts to reach those in need and reduce vulnerability to disaster and disease.
the world’s urban population and knowing that urban communities are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters.
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Continue to address critical health needs by combating the spread of measles and HIV.
Responding to Disasters
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Educating Future Humanitarians
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Further improve our use of technology in disaster response. Broaden the reach, improve the quality and expedite the delivery of assistance following a disaster. Increase the use of cash transfer as an additional option for delivering relief. Expand the important work of reconnecting families separated by disasters and conflict.
Expand outreach efforts to youth and adults in the United States. Develop innovative educational tools and resources to reach broader audiences.
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Incorporating New Technology
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Building Safer, More Resilient Communities
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Develop a new registration and distribution tool to more accurately track the distribution of relief supplies and streamline the disaster assistance process. Continue to integrate geographic information systems (GIS) into our work, including the use of satellite imagery to better support program implementation.
Scale up our disaster preparedness activities in some of the most disaster-prone places in the world. Focus efforts to prepare urban areas in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, recognizing the expansion of
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On behalf of the people we serve, the American Red Cross would like to thank the individuals, corporations, foundations and government agencies that supported our international work this past year. In particular, we would like to recognize the following: Anne Ray Charitable Trust U.S. Agency for International Development U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
The American Red Cross is grateful for the continuing support of members of the Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP) and the Disaster Responder Program whose financial donations mean the Red Cross is always there to help in times of need—in the United States and around the world. These members include: Annual Disaster Giving Program 3M Altria Group Aon Bank of America Briggs & Stratton Corporation Caterpillar Inc. Cisco Foundation Citi Foundation ConAgra Foods Foundation Costco Wholesale Corporation Darden Restaurants, Inc. Dell Inc. Dr Pepper Snapple Group FedEx Corporation GE Foundation Hewlett-Packard Company Foundation The Home Depot Foundation John Deere Foundation Johnson Controls Kimberly-Clark Corporation Kraft Foods Lowe’s Companies, Inc. Merck Co. Foundation Nationwide Insurance Foundation Northrop Grumman Optum PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation Southwest Airlines State Farm Target The TJX Companies, Inc. UnitedHealthcare UPS Walmart The Walt Disney Company WellPoint Foundation Wells Fargo Disaster Responder Program American Express ArcelorMittal AstraZeneca AXA Foundation Ford Motor Company General Motors Foundation H&R Block Ingersoll Rand Morgan Stanley PuroClean Ryder Charitable Foundation Starbucks Coffee Company and Starbucks Foundation State Street Foundation Tyson Foods, Inc. US Airways
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Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Japanese Red Cross
Fiscal Year 2012
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A Message From the President and CEO
The work of the American Red Cross and our Red Cross and Red Crescent partners can be seen around the world—delivering assistance when disaster strikes and preparing people and communities for future crises. Harder to see, but critically important, is the support provided by you, our donors, which makes our work possible. Each year, disasters affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide; conflict and health emergencies touch the lives of millions more. In times of crises, the Red Cross is there, meeting pressing needs with compassion and facing challenges with determination. But a local Red Cross or Red Crescent society rarely stands alone. The global Red Cross network has national societies in more than 185 countries that shelter those left homeless by disaster, reconnect families separated by war, and bring basic health services to those who need them. The American Red Cross is a proud and active member of this, the world’s largest humanitarian network, and honored to deliver help and hope on your behalf. While we cannot predict when the next emergency will strike, experts agree that humanitarian needs are sharply on the rise. Climate-related disasters are increasing in frequency and leaving tremendous devastation in their wake. More than half the world’s population now lives in urban centers, where vulnerability is even greater. Because preparedness saves lives and resilient communities are
better able to recover from crises, the American Red Cross continues to focus increased investments in reducing risks and readying communities before disaster strikes. Although earthquakes and hurricanes receive the most media attention, more than 80 percent of the 240 million people affected by disasters every year are impacted by floods, droughts and other climate-related disasters that rarely make big headlines. Let me assure you that the suffering of millions is not forgotten because the global Red Cross network, with an unmatched ability to reach those most isolated and vulnerable, answers the call. This is our commitment to those we serve all over the world every day. The American Red Cross accomplished so much with your support this past year—from continued recovery efforts in Haiti and Japan, to pushing for the eradication of measles, to inspiring a new generation of humanitarians in U.S. classrooms. I hope this report brings a glimpse of the important work you made possible and leaves you as proud to be a part of it as I am. Your support really matters—it saves lives. On behalf of those we serve, thank you for your steadfast dedication to our humanitarian mission.
Gail McGovern
Mission The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.
Cover photo: Nepal Red Cross Action Team volunteer Nabina Chitrakar helps Prayatna Neupane to be vaccinated against measles at a school in Kathmandu.
Cover photo: TomVanCakenberghe, International Federation
The Year in Review
Working with our global Red Cross and Red Crescent partners, the American Red Cross helped 155 million people in 70 countries around the world during fiscal year 2012 (July 201 – June 2012). 1
Responding to Disasters
Disaster Response pages 3-5
We assisted millions of people in response to 17 disasters in 27 countries.
Disaster Recovery pages 6-7
We continued to help more than 3.9 million people in Haiti and Japan recover.
Reconnecting Families page 8
We helped reconnect nearly 1,000 families that had been separated by conflict or disaster.
Building Safer, More Resilient Communities
Disaster Preparedness pages 10-1 1
We helped families and communities in 33 countries prepare for potential disasters.
Community Health pages 12-13
We helped vaccinate more than 146 million children through the Measles Initiative and reached more than 335,000 people through HIV programs.
Educating Future Humanitarians
International Humanitarian Law Education | page 15
We helped educate 53,000 students and adults about global humanitarian issues and the laws that protect civilians and combatants during times of war and armed conflict.
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Global Disaster Trends: The Disaster Landscape Is Changing
Disasters, and the number of people affected by disasters, are increasing.1
Over the past 20 years, disasters have affected
People, in millions
4.4 billion people.2
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Of the 200 million people affected by disasters every year, more than 80% are victims of silent disasters, like floods, droughts and epidemics, which hardly ever make headlines.3
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One in three of the urban population lives in crowded
slums with inadequate access to clean water, sanitation, schools, transport and other public services, which ultimately worsen the potential impact of disasters.4
The number of disasters has increased steadily from the 1970s to today, but the reported loss of life has been decreasing significantly, demonstrating that early warnings, preparedness and planning can save lives.5
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Generous contributions from American Red Cross donors made this work possible. Each year, the American Red Cross helps people affected by countless crises in the United States and around the world. For more information about our work, please visit redcross.org.
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EM-DAT, International Disaster Database, http://www.emdat.be/ natural-disasters-trends 2 EM-DAT, International Disaster Database, http://www.emdat.be/ natural-disasters-trends 3 Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), Emergency Events Database 4 UN-Habitat, “Slums of the World- the Face of Global Poverty in the New Millennium,” http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/listItemDetails. aspx?publicationID=1 124 5 EMDAT- The International Disaster Database, Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
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Responding to Disasters
The American Red Cross helps meet the urgent needs of those affected by disasters around the world by sending relief supplies, financial assistance and disaster specialists. By coordinating with the global Red Cross and Red Crescent network and other partners, we are able to quickly scale up efforts to address the urgent and longer-term needs of affected communities. This year, your support allowed us to help millions of people affected by flooding, tropical storms, droughts, earthquakes and other disasters in 27 countries.
Where we helped this year
Droughts and Food Insecurity Response: Burkina Faso Chad • Ethiopia • Kenya • Niger • Mauritania • Mali • Paraguay Senegal • Somalia • Tanzania Tropical Storms and Floods Response: Afghanistan • Bangladesh • Bolivia • Colombia • Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras Mexico • Nicaragua • Pakistan • Philippines • Peru • Thailand • Vietnam Earthquakes Response: Haiti • Japan • Turkey Key populations receiving Restoring Family Links services from the American Red Cross: Afghans • Bosnians • Burundians • Cambodians • Congolese • Croats Cubans • Eritreans • Ethiopians • Hungarians • Iraqis • Kosovars • Liberians Rwandans • Somalis • Sudanese • Ugandans • Vietnamese
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Responding to Droughts and Food Insecurity
Horn of Africa Drought
Zeinab crouches on the floor of the straw hut, her hands shaking, her eyes distant. Four of her young children hover listlessly around her. “I have fever,” she tells the Kenyan Red Cross nutritionist. Her four older children have gone with their father to find pasture for their goats, a rare thing in a place that has not seen rain for almost 18 months. With no rain, no food and wells that ran dry months ago, these rural communities have relied on the global Red Cross and Red Crescent network to meet their most basic needs. The Horn of Africa drought began in 2009 and resulted in massive crop failure, water scarcity, low food supplies, death of livestock and the migration of people throughout the region. The global Red Cross and Red Crescent network provided water, food, health services and other relief supplies to meet immediate needs. As a longer-term solution, it also distributed drought-resistant seeds to help sustain the food supply in the future. This year, the American Red Cross also sent a logistics specialist to work with Red Cross and Red Crescent partners in the Sahel region of West Africa to combat a food shortage there caused by erratic rainfall and drought.
Red Cross Response At a Glance
Horn of Africa Drought
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35,000 people given medical and nutritional support in Kenya 5,000 families received relief items in Somalia 78,000 liters of water distributed to more than 4,000 families in Ethiopia 13,000 people received a two-month supply of food in Tanzania
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Drought in the Horn of Africa that began in 2009 affected millions of people across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya in East Africa.
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After Typhoon Washi damaged his home, Peter Lacarte (pictured) received supplies from the Red Cross that helped him repair his house.
Mollie Godinez, Philippine Red Cross
Responding to Tropical Storms and Floods
Typhoon in the Philippines
Peter Lacarte and his brother, Pablo, fled with their families on the night that Typhoon Washi hit their village in the Philippines in December 201 Like thousands of other families, 1. they sought refuge at a local school. This arrangement only lasted three weeks before they had no choice but to live in a tent borrowed from a friend. The global Red Cross and Red Crescent network provided the brothers with supplies to repair their damaged houses and provide a safe home for their families again. This year, tropical storms such as Typhoon Washi and flooding damaged and destroyed community infrastructure and housing. Making matters worse, many communities in disaster-prone areas were hit by multiple storms during the year, making rebuilding efforts a continuous challenge. Floods caused extensive damage around the world, including several countries in Central and South America. From floods that left most of Peru in a state of emergency, to irregular weather patterns in Paraguay that caused suffering from
both drought and flooding simultaneously, this year’s floods have affected hundreds of thousands of people in the region. This year, the American Red Cross responded to humanitarian needs caused by floods in 14 countries, delivering assistance in the form of disaster specialists, relief supplies and financial contributions.
Red Cross Response at a Glance
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25,000 people assisted
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Responding to Earthquakes
Earthquake in Turkey
The destructive power of earthquakes was seen in the past year, with flattened buildings, people left homeless and infrastructure destroyed. In October 201 a magnitude 7.2 1, earthquake hit the eastern part of Turkey, leaving hundreds dead and thousands homeless. Large aftershocks left people fearful of returning to damaged homes and in need of shelter. In response to this quake, the American Red Cross helped provide relief supplies and temporary shelter. The Turkish Red Crescent’s national disaster operation center and crisis communications system, built with support from the American Red Cross more than 10 years ago, served as the command center in coordinating response efforts. The American Red Cross also continues to support the recovery efforts of people affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the 201 Japan earthquake and tsunami. 1
Haiti Assistance Program: Recovery Update
More than two years after an earthquake struck Haiti, the global Red Cross and Red Crescent network continues to help Haitians rebuild their lives by ensuring access to critical health services, supporting construction and repair of homes and medical facilities, reducing the risk of cholera and better preparing communities for the next disaster. This past year, more than 90,000 people in Port-au-Prince and the Artibonite region of Haiti received the country’s first-ever cholera vaccinations. With support from the American Red Cross, thousands of Haitians were vaccinated in urban and rural communities at risk of contracting this deadly but preventable disease.
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A young patient receives a cholera vaccination in June 2012.
Patrick Wack, International Federation
Seniors participate in an activity to promote emotional well-being as part of a Red Cross psychosocial support program.
We have also begun a new initiative, in coordination with government and humanitarian partners, to holistically revitalize neighborhoods in the Carrefour Feuilles area of Port-au-Prince. This initiative will benefit thousands of people through—
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Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Recovery Update
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the American Red Cross provided $312 million to support relief and recovery efforts following the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March 201 This vital financial assistance helped 1. improve living conditions for families who lost their homes, and helped rebuild hospitals and a nursing school. With a tsunami early warning system and community disaster drills in place, the Japanese Red Cross demonstrated that investment in disaster preparedness saves lives. Further investments in preparedness are under way, with continued training, additional equipment and expanded relief and medical facilities.
Red Cross Response at a Glance
Repairing and rebuilding homes. Improving livelihoods, access to markets and vocational training. Enhancing community organizations.
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More than 14,000 permanent or transitional shelters constructed, upgraded or repaired More than 3.6 million people received health services 545,000 people benefited from improved water and sanitation services 465,000 people better prepared for future disasters 353,000 people given loans or cash-for-work opportunities to get back on their feet $369 million provided in assistance by the American Red Cross as of June 2012
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Reconnecting Families
“We Live When We Talk To Each Other”
For the past six years, Abdiaziz lived each day adjusting to the idea that his wife, Ayan, was dead following her capture by militia from their home in Mogadishu, Somalia. Abdiaziz escaped the attack, fleeing with their son to Egypt, eventually relocating to Minnesota. There, Abdiaziz found out about American Red Cross Restoring Family Links services and contacted his local chapter to help confirm the status of his wife. Just eight months later, his world was turned right-side up again upon hearing Ayan’s voice on the telephone. The couple now speaks by phone every day, and they hope to reunite Ayan safely with her family in the United States. A tragic effect of disaster and conflict is the separation of families and loved ones. American Red Cross caseworkers at chapters across the U.S. work with our Red Cross and Red Crescent partners around the world to locate and deliver messages between separated family members and loved ones. Last year, the American Red Cross helped reconnect 997 families that had been separated by disaster or conflict.
At a Glance
American Red Cross Restoring Family Links
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“ I am really thankful to the Red Cross for the job they did for me and my family. I gave up until the Red Cross found my wife alive. We married for love; we live when we talk to each other.” – Abdiaziz Warsame
Lynette Nyman, American Red Cross
Abdiaziz Warsame (pictured with his son) was reconnected with his wife this year after years of separation.
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Building Safer, More Resilient Communities
In addition to responding to disasters when they strike, the American Red Cross works with Red Cross and Red Crescent partners around the world to build safer, more resilient communities that are better prepared for future disasters. Because good health also increases the safety and resilience of a community, we also bring measles vaccinations and health education messages to community members all over the world. This year, your support made it possible to help vaccinate more than 146 million children against measles and reach more than 335,000 people through HIV programs.
Where we helped this year
Disaster Preparedness: Antigua and Barbuda • Bahamas Bangladesh • Belize • Botswana • Cambodia • Chile • China Colombia • Costa Rica • Ecuador • El Salvador • Haiti • India • Indonesia Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • Laos • Namibia • Nepal • Pakistan • Panama • Paraguay Peru • Philippines • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Tajikistan • Turkey Turkmenistan • Uganda • Vietnam • Zimbabwe HIV Prevention and Care: Armenia Bahamas • Belarus • China • Guyana • Haiti • Jamaica • Kazakhstan • Kenya • Kyrgyzstan Russia • Tanzania • Ukraine • Vietnam Measles Prevention: Burundi • Cameroon Democratic Republic of the Congo • Djibouti • Eritrea • Guinea • Haiti • India • Laos Liberia • Myanmar • Namibia • Nepal • North Sudan • Pakistan • Papua New Guinea Sierra Leone • Somalia • Tanzania • Uganda • Yemen • Zimbabwe
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After surviving the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, Ibu Nurjanah became a disaster preparedness volunteer with the Red Cross.
Hotli Simanjuntak, American Red Cross
Disaster Preparedness
Neighbors are often the first people to respond to humanitarian needs when disaster strikes, and the American Red Cross is committed to training and better preparing community members for future emergencies. Global trends such as rapid population growth, unplanned urbanization, environmental degradation and climate change have increased people’s vulnerability to disasters, making the need for disaster preparedness even more critical. With activities spanning more than 30 countries, the American Red Cross works with communities to help them better understand the risks they face, develop action plans—such as evacuation routes and emergency shelters—and identify cost-effective early warning systems to better predict and react to threats. Where possible, we help communities identify ways to reduce their disaster risks, such as planting trees to protect against landslides, improving drainage systems and river embankments to protect against floods, or improving homes so they can better withstand disaster damage.
Goal
Build safer, more resilient communities in disaster-prone countries
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Preparing for disasters …in Indonesia
In April 2012, several earthquakes struck the Aceh region of Indonesia, an area previously devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. In 2004, Nurjanah and many others in her small fishing village were unprepared and frightened. But now, as an Indonesian Red Cross volunteer, she helps her village assess its disaster risks and prepare. When the earthquakes struck in 2012, Nurjanah calmly made her way to the evacuation center with her children and disaster preparedness bag, directing neighbors along the way. Volunteering has made her a community leader, proud to be helping better prepare her community.
Nelso Molina Jiménez, Chilean Red Cross
Judith Ivon Ortiz Urzua (center) discusses her community’s disaster preparedness plans with Red Cross volunteers.
…in Uganda
Christopher—a soft-spoken Red Cross volunteer with a bright smile—is working to build safer communities in Uganda in a variety of ways, including installing fuel-efficient cook stoves in homes. These stoves help prevent deforestation—and therefore reduce flooding—and they also ensure healthier living conditions and reduce the risk of home fires. Christopher also helps test the bullhorns that serve as communities’ early warning system for impending disasters by using them to remind children to go to school. He is not only providing a valuable public service message, but also ensuring equipment is ready to use during an emergency.
“ We are very grateful to work with the Red Cross. We have never seen a group so concerned with our well-being, so now our community is even more involved with the project because we see that this is a long-term commitment.” – Judith Ivon Ortiz Urzua
…in Chile
Just a month after beginning disaster preparedness planning with the Red Cross, the riverside community of Ana Luisa II in central Chile faced its first disaster evacuation. As the Tinguiririca River swelled, reaching a code-red flood alert, Judith Ivon Ortiz Urzua, the neighborhood council president, sprang into action and mobilized members to ensure the entire community would be ready to evacuate. Although the evacuation order was later canceled, most households had been alerted, including those with elderly and physically challenged residents who also received assistance in preparing to evacuate.
…and around the world
This year, the American Red Cross, together with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, laid the groundwork for the Global Disaster Preparedness Center, a globally focused resource hub on disaster preparedness for the entire Red Cross network. The center will offer practical, timely and technologically savvy services that support on-the-ground practitioners, such as virtual technical assistance, a website to foster learning, exchange of materials and networking, software for mobile apps that can be used by partners around the world to deliver preparedness-related information, and relevant research that explores good practices and innovation around disaster preparedness.
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Julie Arrighi/American Red Cross
One of the ways Red Cross volunteer Christopher Odeke helps build safer communities in Uganda is by installing fuel-efficient cook stoves in homes.
Community Health
Preventing Measles
The Red Cross partnered with the Myanmar Ministry of Health in March 2012 on a nationwide measles vaccination campaign. Myanmar Red Cross volunteers went door to door in rural communities to educate parents and encourage participation in the campaign, often holding hands with the children as they walked the whole family to the vaccination site. Whether mobilizing the community, helping with registration, or comforting a child, these amazing volunteers play an integral role in ensuring children receive this lifesaving gift. As a founding partner of the Measles Initiative, the American Red Cross has supported the vaccination of more than 1 billion children against measles over the last decade, including more than 146 million in the past year. Red Cross volunteers have played a critical role in measles vaccination campaigns by going door-to-door, reaching even remote communities, and educating mothers about the importance of vaccinating their children. With this level of progress, the possibility of eradicating measles is in sight.
This past year, the Measles Initiative expanded its focus to help stop another easily preventable disease—rubella. Now, every time a dollar is donated to the Measles & Rubella Initiative to vaccinate a child against measles, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) will match it with an additional 50 cents to add the rubella vaccine to the shot. This means that children who receive vaccinations will be protected against not just one, but two, diseases.
Goal
Reduce measles deaths by 95 percent worldwide between 2000 and 2015
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Through its involvement in the Measles and Rubella Initiative, the American Red Cross helped support a country-wide measles vaccination campaign in Myanmar in March 2012.
Results: More than 146 million children vaccinated this year
Christine McNab, Measles and Rubella Initiative
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Building Safe, More Resilient Communities
Goal
Reduce the impact of HIV by contributing to safer, more resilient communities
Actions
In a creative partnership with children’s illustrator Sophie Blackall, Red Cross volunteers are now using Sophie’s images (pictured) during measles campaigns to engage mothers and encourage them to vaccinate their children.
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Equipped global Red Cross partners to respond appropriately to the HIV epidemic in their countries Increased communities’ knowledge and skills to help prevent new infections Expanded access and utilization of HIV treatment, care and support services Reduced stigma and discrimination toward people living with HIV and marginalized groups
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Reducing the Spread of HIV in the Caribbean
When 19-year-old Natreka Wallace heard about an opportunity to join the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Project with the Bahamas Red Cross, she doubted her ability to speak to her peers about such a sensitive subject. Today, as one of the program’s 40 peer educators in the Bahamas, Natreka is passionate and confident when speaking about the risks of unprotected sex, stigmatization and misinformation. Natreka is helping her community by sharing potentially lifesaving information with some of the most at-risk populations in her community. Last year, the American Red Cross worked with Red Cross and Red Crescent partners to provide HIV prevention education, counseling and testing, access to treatment, care and support services, and anti-stigma activities in local communities in 13 countries.
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Results: 335,000 people reached
Amanda Lewis, Bahamas Red Cross
As a Red Cross peer educator, Natreka Wallace (right) helps educate young people in the Bahamas about HIV.
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Educating Future Humanitarians
The American Red Cross is engaging the country’s next generation of humanitarian leaders by increasing their understanding of the rules of war and respect for human dignity overall. This year, your support allowed us to help educate 53,000 people across the United States about humanitarian issues and the laws that protect civilians and combatants during times of war and armed conflict.
Where we helped this year
United States
International Humanitarian Law Education
With the help of the American Red Cross, Professor Andy Reyes is giving his students a voice—and something to say. As an English as a Second Language teacher in a Boston community college, his classroom is filled with recent immigrants, refugees and even former child soldiers. By incorporating elements of the American Red Cross Exploring Humanitarian Law curriculum into his discussions, his students are able to speak frankly about sensitive and important subjects, while strengthening their English language skills.
Goal
Build respect for International Humanitarian Law and our humanitarian mission through public education
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Trained middle school and high school teachers to integrate Exploring Humanitarian Law into their curricula Trained new instructors to educate adults in their communities about International Humanitarian Law Developed an online course for educators on how to use the Exploring Humanitarian Law curriculum
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Nearly 8 in 10 youth (78% agree) in the U.S. believe that the U.S. should educate youth on the laws and rules of war before they are old enough to vote or enlist in the military.
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Results: 53,000 people reached
Just as Red Cross and Red Crescent partners do in their countries all around the world, the American Red Cross teaches people in the United States about International Humanitarian Law. By providing teachers with easily integrated activities and lesson plans to facilitate discussions about complex issues, the American Red Cross is helping educate the next generation of humanitarians. American Red Cross chapters across the country also educate adults about the limits of war and the Geneva Conventions, which protect civilians, prisoners of war and wounded soldiers.
Niki Clark, American Red Cross
Students in Andy Reyes’ English as a Second Language class discuss respect for life and human dignity during times of war.
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Financials
(July 1, 201 - June 30, 2012) 1
Educating Future Humanitarians 2%
Expenditures by Sector
In fiscal year 2012, the American Red Cross received $77.3 million in revenue for international programs. Our expenditures totalled $187.1 million.
HIV & Other Health 15% Measles Prevention 9% Disaster Response & Recovery 44%
Total Expenditures
Program Support $3.0 M
Disaster Preparedness 30%
Core International Programs $37.5 M
Expenditures by Location
Global 7% Latin America & Caribbean 27% Africa 25%
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief $80.0 M
Haiti Assistance Program $66.6 M
Asia, Middle East, Europe 41%
Livelihoods 11% Disaster Preparedness 3% Water & Sanitation 12%
Disaster Preparedness 3%
Shelter 36%
Health & Emotional Support 30% Shelter & Emergency Services 67%
Health 38%
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Jakob Dall, International Federation
Looking Ahead
Your support made it possible for the American Red Cross to bring hope and critical assistance to millions of people around the world last year, but there is more work to do. We continue to expand our efforts to reach those in need and reduce vulnerability to disaster and disease.
the world’s urban population and knowing that urban communities are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters.
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Further improve our use of technology in disaster response. Broaden the reach, improve the quality and expedite the delivery of assistance following a disaster. Increase the use of cash transfer as an additional option for delivering relief. Expand the important work of reconnecting families separated by disasters and conflict.
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On behalf of the people we serve, the American Red Cross would like to thank the individuals, corporations, foundations and government agencies that supported our international work this past year. In particular, we would like to recognize the following: Anne Ray Charitable Trust U.S. Agency for International Development U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
The American Red Cross is grateful for the continuing support of members of the Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP) and the Disaster Responder Program whose financial donations mean the Red Cross is always there to help in times of need—in the United States and around the world. These members include: Annual Disaster Giving Program 3M Altria Group Aon Bank of America Briggs & Stratton Corporation Caterpillar Inc. Cisco Foundation Citi Foundation ConAgra Foods Foundation Costco Wholesale Corporation Darden Restaurants, Inc. Dell Inc. Dr Pepper Snapple Group FedEx Corporation GE Foundation Hewlett-Packard Company Foundation The Home Depot Foundation John Deere Foundation Johnson Controls Kimberly-Clark Corporation Kraft Foods Lowe’s Companies, Inc. Merck Co. Foundation Nationwide Insurance Foundation Northrop Grumman Optum PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation Southwest Airlines State Farm Target The TJX Companies, Inc. UnitedHealthcare UPS Walmart The Walt Disney Company WellPoint Foundation Wells Fargo Disaster Responder Program American Express ArcelorMittal AstraZeneca AXA Foundation Ford Motor Company General Motors Foundation H&R Block Ingersoll Rand Morgan Stanley PuroClean Ryder Charitable Foundation Starbucks Coffee Company and Starbucks Foundation State Street Foundation Tyson Foods, Inc. US Airways
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