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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

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The Corporation of London

Meeting 1st May 2012

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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

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Libya & Region appeal - £25,000

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Japan – CoL £50,000

British RC appeal raised £14,280,000

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Ivory Coast / Liberia - CoL £15,000

British RC overall contribution £500,000 + delegates

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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…

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Nearly £600k of BRC funds were pledged to KRCS's Dadaab

  • perations, for

logistical equipment, supplies, relief items

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Turkey Earthquake – CoL £25,000

British RC contribution £444,000 including £295,000 towards transitional shelter

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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

  • verseas.
  • 2011 Contributions :

Somalia Kenya Namibia Liberia Cote d’Ivoire Sudan Cameroon Ethiopia DR Congo Chad Libya Syria DPR Korea Philippines Vietnam El Salvador Guatemala Turkey

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CoL - Philippines via Disaster Fund - £20,000

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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’…
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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

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  • 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 1st 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.

Syria

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THANK YOU

FOR

YOUR HELP