The Corporation of London Meeting 1st May 2012
The Corporation of London The Corporation of London is a key emergency partner During 2011 alone you donated over £170,000 Libya & Region appeal - £25,000 Japan Tsunami - £50,000 Ivory Coast unrest / population movement- £15,000 East Africa Food Crisis - £25,000 Turkey Earthquake - £25,000 Disaster Fund - following a BRC disbursement for the Philippines- £20,000 General funds - £10,000
Libya & Region appeal - £25,000
Japan – CoL £50,000 British RC appeal raised £14,280,000
Ivory Coast / Liberia - CoL £15,000 British RC overall contribution £500,000 + delegates
East Africa Food Crisis - CoL £25,000 British RC appeal raised £2,750,000 Red Cross / Crescent in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia Half of BRC funds went to Somalia for food aid through ICRC. 167,000 people - food rations 25,000 children - therapeutic feeding (plumpy'nut) Forecasts are that food insecurity likely to rise due to poor rains, so 2012 another bad year…
Nearly £600k of BRC funds were pledged to KRCS's Dadaab operations, for logistical equipment, supplies, relief items
Turkey Earthquake – CoL £25,000 British RC contribution £444,000 including £295,000 towards transitional shelter
Disaster Fund The British Red Cross Disaster Fund (the Fund) has been established to give the • British Red Cross Society (BRCS) the flexibility to prepare for and respond rapidly to the most pressing emergency and often neglected needs, whether in the UK or overseas. 2011 Contributions : • Somalia Libya Syria DPR Korea Kenya Namibia Philippines Vietnam El Salvador Guatemala Liberia Cote d’Ivoire Turkey Sudan Cameroon Ethiopia DR Congo Chad
CoL - Philippines via Disaster Fund - £20,000
Disaster Response in 2012 Pakistan/S Asia floods season - EQ threats in urban areas - Nepal and Istanbul - Africa – food crises in East and Sahel – 25 million - people Conflict – Syria, Mali, Sudan - Preparing for the next ‘big one’… -
British RC appeal - £80k so far Lessons from 2011 in East Africa – act early! Media interest – too late! British RC action – support to Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso So far £125,000 in cash and several delegates
Syria The BRC has so far contributed over £900,000 to emergency operations in • Syria since May 2011, which includes £300,000 provided by DFID – to Federation and SARC. BRC launched our Syria appeal on 1 st March 2012. • To date, it has raised £695,000 (of which £105,000 has been pledged). BRC has seconded a delegate to the Federation in Syria to assist • with strategy, operations management and contingency planning. In total, the BRC has contributed the following goods in kind to SARC: • 5,760 blankets 1,600 kitchen sets, 1,800 hygiene kits, 3,000 food parcels, 150 volunteer overalls, and 8 ambulances.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP
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