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Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society Annual Report 2003 AZERBAIJAN RED CRESCENT SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT 2003 1 ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT The XXth extraordinary General decree № 186 on ‘improving the work of the Assembly of the Azerbaijan Red Crescent Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society’. Society took place on March 12, 2003. At the By the decision of the XXth General Assembly Mr. Novruzali Aslanov was elected Assembly of the Azerbaijan Red Crescent the President of the Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society to increase the number of the National Society. Society’s members and to establish new Ramazan Sultanov and Gafar primary organizations the year 2003 was Askerzadeh were elected Vice–Presidents of announced as the year of visits to regions and the Society. local committees. Following this decision, On March 12 the extraordinary during the year the President of the Azerbaijan General Assembly also adopted the new Red Crescent Society Novruzali Aslanov and Statute of the Azerbaijan Red Crescent. The employees of the Organizational Development International Federation and ICRC Joint department visited 45 branches in the regions. Commission for National Societies’ statutes In 2003 the Red Crescent enlisted approved the new Statute of the Azerbaijan 36,833 new members. This brought the total Red Crescent and presented it as a sample number of the National Society members to document to other national Red Cross and Red 167,537. Crescent societies. On September 5 2003, the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan Republic issued a BRANCH DEVELOPMENT In June, the Azerbaijan Red Crescent committees. The working contacts established launched ‘Branch Development’ program that with local authorities in above six districts. covered Sumgait, Ismayilli, Shamakhi, Initiative group on Participatory Mingachevir, Ujar and Zagatala local Community Development was established in committees of Azerbaijan Red Crescent. each local committee. This group consists of a Current technical and human resources of all chairman of the local committee, youth six local committees were assessed. coordinator, 2 volunteers, a representative of By using its own funds Ujar local local authority and the heads of the district committee has built a new office for its own public health and education departments. use. Zagatala local committee has repaired its All local committees selected one or office of four rooms. Shamakhi, Ismayilli and two communities in their own territories and Mingachevir local committees were allocated conducted surveys to identify their current new office spaces by the local authorities. situation. First meetings with all selected All committees were provided with communities were held. During the meetings computers, Xerox machines, office furniture, the community members elected initiative and Internet/e-mail connection. Sumgait and groups each consisting of 7-9 persons. Mingechevir regional centres were given a Community initiative groups were instructed projector. Also vehicles were procured for on their roles and responsibilities. Mingachevir, Ismayilli and Sumgait 2 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND DISASTER RESPONSE In January, the ‘Disaster Management Society attended leadership training on Policy’ of Azerbaijan Red Crescent were disasters in Tabriz city in Iran. Afterwards the discussed and developed with involvement of leaders organized such trainings for members the National Society staff and volunteers. In of their MVTs. the same month this document was approved Based on VCA the training sessions by the Presidium of the National Society. (simulation) were conducted for members of 15 seminar-sessions on implementation MVTs in Ganja and Mingechevir regional of the ‘Vulnerability and Capacity centres. The employees of regional centres, Assessment’ (VCA) project were conducted in governmental structures, the employees of the headquarters and 7 regional centres. By the Civil Defence in Mingachevir region, the end of the implementation of the project 7 officials from fire brigade service and local seminars were conducted based on the VCA authority participated in these trainings. At the results. end of the training a decision was made to The ‘Disaster Management Policy’ invite National Society’s MVT to such kind of document together with VCA manual was events organized by governmental structures. distributed to National Society’s stakeholders. Awareness campaigns on AIDS as well In the frame of disaster preparedness as on recruitment of non-remunerated blood and response program, the National Society donors and prevention of drowning cases in conducted awareness campaigns on malaria the water during summer season were and intestinal diseases in Sabirabad, Salyan conducted with participation of 56 volunteers and Neftchala regions affected by floods from MVT of Baku and Sumgait. caused as a result of heavily showers. In the field of establishment of The Mobile Volunteer Teams (MVT) warehouse system for emergencies the was established in 7 regional centres. Each warehouses were repaired in Mingachevir, MVT consists of 12 to 18 members. During Ganja, Lenkoran and Nakhchivan cities. Baku the year all Teams were trained on tracing and regional centre will use the National Society’s First aid. MVTs are equipped with radio central warehouse. The warehouses of equipments. Mingechevir and Ganja regional centres were 14 people including the leaders of provided with minimum standard equipments MVTs and persons responsible for trainings, designed for emergencies. together with 7 staff members of the National FIRST AID After receiving the European According to the work plan First Aid Certificate on First Aid, the Azerbaijan Red coordinator invited two volunteers from each Crescent obtained a right to conduct its 6 regional centres to conduct First Aid trainings according to European standards. training. The volunteers demonstrated First The preparatory works for Aid skills during contest announced among implementation of community-based First Aid the districts and held in Zagulba Sea Club. project were made with financial support from The National Society marked World BP in Narimanabad village of Yevlakh district First Aid Day by conducting an arrangement covered by Mingechevir regional centre. in ‘Elite’ entertainment and trading centre 3 with participation of more than 200 30 volunteers from Shamakhi, Zagatala, volunteers. The event was highlighted through Ismayilli, Sumgait, Mingachevir and Ujar media and broadcasted by TV. Some local and districts. foreign organizations were invited to take part First Aid trainings were conducted for in the event. During the action the volunteers MVT and First Aid groups established in all distributed 10,000 First Aid booklets to the regional centres. invitees, employees of ‘Elite’ trading centre, During the year 1,684 people were people on a bus stops and drivers of the reached with 592 trainings. 1,230 of them nearest taxi park. were voluntary attendants among the 5 volunteers from Shamakhi and population and 334 – among schoolchildren. Ismayilli local committees were invited to Paid trainings were conducted for employees Sumgait city and they passed 3-days training of Norwegian Refugee Council, UNO, Oxfam on First Aid skills. and the Caspian Shipping Company. Within branch development project the First Aid coordinator organized trainings for TELECOMMUNICATION The license for the telecommunication Codan 9360 HF and Motorola GM-900 activity of the National Society was obtained VHF basis radio stations were installed in from the Ministry of Telecommunications and Sabirabad, Lenkoran and Mingachevir the State Committee on Radio Frequencies. regional centres. The regional centres were A relevant leasing agreement was provided with 4 Motorola VHF handsets (2 for signed with Baku Botany Institute (near TV Sabirabad, and 1 – for Lenkoran and tower) to install VHF Motorola GR-500 Mingachevir). The communication between transmitter on the roof of the Institute Baku – Sabirabad – Lankaran – Mingechevir building. According to agreement the VHF regions through Codan 9360 HF radio stations transmitter installed and works properly was established. (coverage area is 50 km). During the year 11 MVT members as Codan 9360 HF and Motorola GM-900 well as the staff and 126 volunteers of the VHF basis radio stations were installed in regional centres were trained on using the National Society’s Secretariat. VHF Motorola radio equipments. radio stations were also installed in 4 vehicles of National Society. HEALTH AND CARE 24 employees of ‘Health and Care’ A health group consisting of 8 persons program extended their activities implemented who works with displaced persons living in in tent camps. They evaluated health condition hospices of Darnagul settlement also in the camps and conducted health education conducted health education activities in activities among population. The Red Crescent hospices of Surakhani, Sabunchu, Nizami, health workers visited 8 times Sabirabad IDP Khatayi, Yasamal and Binaghadi districts of camps to monitor the program and solve the Baku. During the year 8,206 people were problems of program staff. reached and 3,000 information materials were distributed to these people. 4 A plan of action envisaged preparation program, in March 2003 a representative of and printing of information materials to the Federation Amina Jabbarova and strengthen health education activities among employee of the Azerbaijan Red Crescent population. In this regard, the employees of Ulviyya Huseynova had an official trip to the health department prepared booklets on Oslo to obtain the experience in blood
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