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Swiss Red Cross
Mission: "To promote health as a primary condition for decent living conditions, reinforcing initiatives by the local population and enabling them to help themselves."
In China since: 1989
Annual China budget: $750,000
Number of staff: 12 national and 1 expatriate
Mainland China contact:
Philippe Dufourg
Shigatse 857000 Tibet Autonomous Prefecture
Shigatse
Tibet 857000
Tel: +86 (0)892 882 2148
Email:
info@redcross.ch
Web:
International Contact:
Peter Eppler
Rainmatt Strasse 10
Bern Postfach 3001
Switzerland
Tel: +41 31 387 7111
Fax: +41 31 387 7373
Email: peter.eppler@redcross.ch
Web: www.redcross.ch
Activities in Other Countries:
27 countries worldwide
For a general introduction to the global Red Cross movement,
see entry for International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
This was one of the first national Red Cross societies to be formally established, in 1866. As well as providing medical aid on twentieth century battlefields, it played a significant role in developing the Swiss public health system through services such as collecting blood donations, training paramedics, and providing support services for people needing long term care in hospital or at home. Today, the Swiss Red Cross also has international cooperation programmes, mainly aimed at strengthening disaster response and primary health care, in 27 developing countries.
In China, the Swiss Red Cross has worked for 15 years to improve health care in rural Tibet. Working with local Red Cross societies and public health bureaus, it provides equipment and health care training in primary health care, with special attention to maternal and child health, AIDS prevention, eye care, and promotion of traditional Tibetan medicine. Activities include regular trainings in reproductive and infant health care for volunteers from womens’ groups, support for Health by Community Health, ‘eye camps’ to offer surgery in remote areas, and mobilisation of volunteers in AIDS awareness and prevention campaigns.
In 2003, the total income of the Swiss Red Cross was approximately USD 66 million. Of this, 42% came from government grants, 33% from fees for services, and 23% from private donations. Around 42% of the total budget is spent on overseas programmes. Work in China is mainly funded by grants from the Swiss government’s budget for international development cooperation.
Links
http://www.redcross.ch
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