Myanmar Red Cross Society Annual Report 2015 Contents Fundamental Principles .................................................................................... 2 2015 Year in Review .................................................................................... 3 Myanmar Red Cross Society (Headquarter Office Structure) Executive Summary .................................................................................... 4 Building Healthier and Resilient Communities in Myanmar .. 5 Preparedness and Response to Disasters ......................................... 37 Humanitarian Services .................................................................................. 61 Humanitarian Values and Communications ......................................... 65 Strengthening the National Society ....................................................... 66 Finances .............................................................................................................. 70 2 2 3 2015 Year In Review Myanmar Red Cross Society is guided by a 5 years’ strategic plan (2011-2015) with the vision of - the MRCS to be the leading humanitarian organiza on throughout Myanmar working with and for the most vulnerable at all mes. Some of the key direc ons of the strategy include • To Focus on 2015 objec ves/ inten ons/ plans • What new things/ be er things happen in 2015 • What achievements (Special) • Overall successes/ challenges/ issues. • To strengthen the image of MRCS in the country • To strengthen volunteer management systems and prac ces • To gradually evolve into a decentralized organiza on • To promote and disseminate humanitarian values and the Interna onal Humanitarian Law. This report describes how Myanmar Red Cross Society is trying to fulfi ll the objec ves of the Stra- tegic Plan accordingly. Myanmar Red Cross Society also have inten on to extend future eff ec ve humanitarian interven ons to promote communi es’ resilience through integrated community based ini a ves, promo ng humanitarian values by network of volunteers, staff and members. Myanmar Red Cross Society Headquarter Offi ce Structure Deputy Secretary General Deputy Secretary General (Program) (Support) Disaster Management Department Administration Department First Aid and Safety Services Kit Shop Department Health Department Finance Department Humanitarian Values and Human Resources Communication Department Department Restoring Family Links International Relations Department Department Organizational Development Logistics Department Department Resources Mobilization South East Myanmar Project Department Community Safety and PMER Unit Resilience Project Administrative Line 4 Execu ve Summary Myanmar Red Cross Society is guided by a 5 years’ strategic plan (2011-2015) with the vision of - the MRCS to be the leading humanitarian organiza on throughout Myanmar working with, and for the most vulnerable at all mes. Some of the key direc ons of the strategy include. • to disseminate the benefi ts of • to provide vulnerable people with community based program to all quality services in core areas of fi rst aid and stakeholders; safety services, health and care, disaster man- agement, organiza onal development and hu- • to revise the MRCS Act according to manitarian values with resilience approach; the country’s new cons tu on; • to promote and disseminate human- • to strengthen the image of MRCS in itarian values and the Interna onal Humani- the country; tarian Law. • to strengthen volunteer management systems and prac ces; • to gradually evolve into a decentralized organiza on; 5 BUILDING HEALTHIER AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES IN MYANMAR Myanmar Red Cross Society Strategic Goal 1; As Myanmar is a developing country, there are diffi cul es for the communi es to reach and Reduce deaths, illnesses, injuries and impact access services that are available. Townships from disasters, confl icts and other situa ons are also in need of health knowledge, services of violence, emerging and re-emerging diseas- and opportuni es. MRCS has been imple- es and public health emergencies. men ng a wide range of ac vi es in line with the objec ves and goals of the Ministry of Community Safety and Resilience Health. In 2015, the MRCS has implemented 16 diff erent community based projects/ pro- In Mon State and Bago Region, in January grams in priori zed areas based on the results 2013, with the support of IFRC, MRCS ini ated of assessments conducted for understanding the community–based approach to increase needs of the community, capacity of the Red community safety and resilience (Disaster Risk Cross branch offi ce, local community par ci- Reduc on, Health, Water and Sanita on and pa on, and guidance from the Township Exec- improve household’s economic condi on and u ve Commi ee members. livelihood) in order that it will be more cost- First Aid is a core func on of MRCS ac vi es eff ec ve as well as sustainable in contribu on. as well as Ambulance, and Safety Services to This also included organiza onal and volun- provide be er services and increase numbers teer development component so that it will be of people with First Aid skills throughout the be er structured and organized at all levels to country. deliver quality community-based services to the vulnerable people in Myanmar. Key issues in the Mon state and Bago region during the repor ng period: The Community Safety and Resilience (CSR) program was late in implementa on for Bago Region because coordina on with other departments needed some me as they also had their own objec ves and plans for ac on. Unfortunately, a er achieving good collabora- on from the other departments, MRCS s ll could not start implementa on of the CSR project as Bago region was part of the na onal level fl ooding disaster. Achievement against Target • In Nov 2015 , pilot tes ng of the Integrated Community Assessment for Building Resilience (ICABR) guidance document was completed in Bago • Final Evalua on for Mon State is ongoing 6 • This program was able to contribute • 3 First Aid Instructor training sessions Health kits (Mosquito net, Advance for school teachers and RCVs, and First Aid Kits and Hygiene Kits) to com- 18 sessions of Basic First Aid (BFA) muni es of the ten villages of Bago mul pliers. A total of 106 instructors Region. and 540 par cipants received fi rst aid • CSR program conducted Basic First Aid knowledge and skills in 2015. Training in 10 villages as an entry point, and also conducted Mul sector Asse- • The World First Aid Day Ceremony and ssment Training. First Aid Skills Quiz Compe on were held with the support of JRCS. Budget and expenditure analysis for 2015 • There was par al support from JRCS towards the human resources capacity of FASS Department. Annual approved budget 44,539,391/-MMK • First aid policy booklets and booklets Actually expenditure 39,390,173/- MMK for basic fi rst aid training were reprint- ed. First aid vinyl posters were pro- Expenditure to date as % 68% duced for the trainings. Other infor- of annual budget ma on, educa on and communica- on materials, baby manikins and Community Based Health and teaching aids such as triangular First Aid Projects bandages and fi rst aid kits, also funded by JRCS, were distributed in With the support of the Japanese Red Cross fi rst aid trainings conducted at the Society (JRCS) through the Interna onal Fed- MRCS branches. Cer fi cates were also era on of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societ- printed and distributed. ies (IFRC), MRCS implemented the following ac vi es in 2015: 7 This repor ng period also saw the applica on The ability of RCVs and community volunteers of fi rst aid skills in all States and Regions by (trained previously in fi rst aid), to use their trained Red Cross Volunteers (RCVs) and com- skills for the benefi t of people in need during munity volunteers in response to casual es the recent fl ood opera ons, has illustrated the and other needs of communi es. MRCS is s ll importance of fi rst aid knowledge and helped the only humanitarian organiza on conduct- to advance the image of MRCS among the lo- ing fi rst aid training at community grassroots cal popula on and authori es. level. In areas where health infrastructure is weak or non-existent, trained volunteers are Financial situa on available to carry out interven ons, conduct community awareness and refer cases to the The pledge received was CHF 81,524. A total of nearest government health services. CHF 81,246 has been spent during the report- The volunteers in the 330 branches are also the ing period (amoun ng to about 99.7 per cent fi rst responders to all emergencies, especially expenditure of the pledge). for confl ict areas. RCVs from other States and Regions were deployed to Rakhine, to assist the Rakhine volunteers with the Na onal Soci- 3%2% ety’s emergency response to the confl ict situa- 4% 6% on. The assistance provided by the volunteers Workshops and training included fi rst aid and psychosocial support, as Personnel well as distribu on of relief items including 16% General expenditure drinking water to communi es in evacua on Indirect Costs Relief items, construc on centers in four townships of Rakhine. and supplies In addi on, RCVs also provided fi rst aid and 49% Pledge specifi c costs psychosocial support, as well as health edu- 21% Logis cs, transport and ca on, ambulance service and distribu on of storage items such as small fi rst aid kits, vinyl posters for fi rst aid measures and accident preven on to the aff ected communi es from Lucia (Shan Number of people reached North), based in IDP camps. Most of the RCVs have done humanitarian fi rst aid ac vi es During this repor ng period, a total of 26,127 during the recent fl oods opera on in 2015. (male 10,963 and female 15,165) people ben- efi ted from the First Aid and Safety Services (FASS) program ac vi es, both directly and indirectly. 8 Gender and equity Equal opportunity is provided to men and life me risk of death for pregnant women 1 in women to par cipate in various fi rst aid train- 180. The health assistant to popula on ra o ing opportuni es, with Red Cross township is 1:21,822 and the midwife popula on ra on branches being reminded to ensure that fe- is 1:41,447 in rural, remote and border areas.