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Annual Report 2015 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................. 4 2. PROGRAMME PURPOSE .................................................................................................. 4 3. WHERE WE WORK ............................................................................................................ 5 4. PROGRAMMES .................................................................................................................. 6 4.1 HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICE ................................................................................ 6 4.1.1 Malaria ..................................................................................................................... 6 4.1.2 Immunisation ............................................................................................................ 6 4.1.3 HIV/AIDS .................................................................................................................. 6 4.1.4 Tuberculosis ............................................................................................................. 6 4.1.5 First Aid .................................................................................................................... 6 4.1.6 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion ................................................................ 7 4.2 DISASTER MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................ 8 4.2.1 Livelihood and Food Security ................................................................................... 8 4.2.2 The Zambezi River Basin Initiative .......................................................................10 4.2.3 Restoring of Family Links: ....................................................................................11 4.2.4 Local authority elections: .....................................................................................11 4.2.5 Gender Based Violence .......................................................................................11 4.3 RESOURCE MOBILIZATION .....................................................................................12 4.3.1 Launch of the Drought Emergency Appeal ..............................................................12 4.3.2 Ammado funds transfer ........................................................................................13 4.3.3 Coin Collection .....................................................................................................13 4.3.4 Street collection ...................................................................................................13 4.3.5 General Fundraising activities ..............................................................................13 4.4 DISSEMINATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAWS ..............................13 4.4.1 Launch of Parliamentary Handbook .........................................................................13 4.4.2 IHL Training for the Military ..................................................................................14 4.4.3 IHL Training for Volunteers and Staff ...................................................................14 4.4.4 World Red Cross Day ..........................................................................................14 4.4.5 Media Tour ..........................................................................................................14 4.4.6 Newsletters and Annual Reports. .........................................................................15 4.4.7 Social media ........................................................................................................15 4.4.8 Media Coverage ..................................................................................................15 4.4.9 Contributions to the National Library ....................................................................15 2 5. STRENGTHENING OF RED CROSS GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE ...............................16 6. PARTNERSHIPS ...............................................................................................................16 7. CONTRIBUTING TO LONGER TERM IMPACT .................................................................17 8. LOOKING AHEAD .............................................................................................................17 9. HOW WE WORK ...............................................................................................................18 10. CONTACT INFORMATION ............................................................................................18 3 1. BACKGROUND The Namibia Red Cross Society is a national humanitarian organization, established by an Act of Parliament, Act 16 of 1991 following Namibia’s independence, as a voluntary aid national Red Cross society auxiliary to public authorities. The Namibia Red Cross Society is one of the youthful National Red Cross Societies in the southern part of Africa. Since inception, Namibia Red Cross Society continued to build on its humanitarian work across 8 regions of Namibia in the areas of disaster management, health and care, organizational development and humanitarian diplomacy. The National Society continues to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity, and has been supporting communities to help their vulnerable people. The NRCS has been enjoying high visibility and a positive image nationally and internationally. These attributes attract both local and international donors to support the National Society with technical and financial supporti. The National society operates in 8 out of 13 regions in the country namely; Caprivi, Kavango, Otjozondjupa, Ohangwena, Oshikoto, Kunene, Omusati and Khomas regions. These are highly populated regions and prone to disasters such as floods, draught and fire strikes. Following its recognition by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in March 1993, and admittance as a member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in October the same year, the NRCS implements humanitarian services in the country within the framework of the Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, its strategies, the Geneva Conventions, country strategies and plans. Throughout 2012 our governing boards, volunteers, staff, members and our international and local partners continued to ensure that our programmes reached the most vulnerable in their time of need, and the National Society was proud to participate and take the lead in platforms addressing disaster management, health, volunteer management and service, locally, within the SADC region and internationally. The society has secured great partnerships with national societies such as Netherlands, Spanish, German, Swedish, American and Belgium Red Cross Societies and is being supported by IFRC and ICRC, Global Fund and UN agencies with both technical and financial support. Subsequently, partnership is also built with various local funders through ad hoc financial support and donations. In country, Namibia Red Cross participates and takes a lead in most of national steering forums and platforms in the area of Disasters management, health programmes coordination and volunteer management and service. 2. PROGRAMME PURPOSE The NRCS Vision is “Reduced vulnerability and enhanced human dignity”. Its Mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. The programmes undertaken in 2015 stem from the NRCS 2010-2015 Strategic Plan which has the objectives to maximise community resilience to disasters and public heath emergencies, promote healthy and safe living, and to ensure social inclusion and a culture of non-violence and peace. In line with International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) Strategy 2020, Namibia Red Cross programmes are tailor made to attain expected results by providing guides to the implementation of existing programmes. The sole expected outcome of Red Cross programme is that communities are resilient to disasters and public heath 4 emergencies, with protected livelihoods and strengthened capacity to recover from disasters and crises, with healthy and safe living, social inclusion and a culture of non-violence and peace. The National Society is committed to provide excellent humanitarian services to those in disaster situations such as seasonal floods, droughts, unplanned fires, HIV and AIDS, food insecurity and other vulnerabilities. In this manner, the National society is contributing to the realisation of national and global agenda goals contained in Vision 2030, National Development Plans and the Millennium Developmental Goals. Highlights of 2015 include: An increase in NRCS stakeholder engagement which facilitated for a two-day partnership meeting attended by both local and international partners. Making history by being the first NS in Africa to publish a Parliamentary Handbook on IHL. Each member of Parliament received a copy of the publication, while some copies were also donated to the Parliament Library. Partnering with the Coca-Cola Foundation in the area of Water and Sanitation to construct boreholes and pipeline extensions in Kavango at a cost of N$3,7-million. A visit by the Spanish Ambassador Her Excellency Carmen Diaz to the various Food Security projects supported by the Spanish Cooperation in the Zambezi Region. The launch of
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