The Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) and Handicap International Belgium (HIB) are proud to present the thirteenth Cambodia Mine/UXO Victim Information System (CMVIS) annual report. This report is distributed free of charge to Mine Action and Victim Assistance stakeholders. Cambodian authorities, Rural Development organizations, Research Institutes, international partners, media and donors. We hope it will help all our partners to improve planning, to direct resources towards the most mine/UXO affected communities and support the definition of the national strategy.

The Federation’s vision is to strive, through voluntary action, for a world of empowered communities, better able to address human suffering and crises with hope, respect for dignity and a concern for equity. Its mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 185 countries.

The Three Year Development Plan 2005-2007, at its core, is an attempt to capture the long-term planning and organizational development change process that has occurred within the Cambodian Red Cross over the past two years. As underlined by the sub-title “Implementation of the CRC Strategy”, the document also represents a platform from which the CRC can confidently launch itself into an entirely new phase of its organizational growth. Consequently, this Three Year Plan becomes the new reference point for organization-wide planning, replacing the previous Five Year Plan 2002-2006.

‘I was living in Domnak Troap village, Bakan district in Pursat province. I did not have enough food to feed my family every year because I have a very small plot of land for cultivation. Often there is drought, sometimes flooding so I rarely receive a very good yield from my field”, recounted Doun You 56 years old, living with seven children in Stoeung Thmey village, Veal Veng district of Pursat province.

The Avian Influenza (H5N1) outbreak in Asia poses a serious public health threat to the region. With 36 countries worldwide now reporting the virus in wild and domestic poultry and 10 countries reporting human cases1, there is an ever increasing risk that it could mutate, creating a new human strain of Pandemic Influenza (PI), with disastrous consequences.

Youth are a potentially rich human resource for the development of Cambodia, in which more than 50% of Cambodia’s population are under the age of 20. They are a unique age group, motivated towards service and helping others with high levels of enthusiasm, energy, and creativity unmatched by the older generations. Whatever they lack in experience, they make up for in their ability and willingness to absorb information, learn new ideas and skills, and translate these knowledge into action.

This report is to inform our donors and other stakeholders of activities and progress made by the Cambodian Red Cross is implementing the Community Based Landmine/UXO Riske Education Progarm in the last 6 months, from January to June 2005. It gives highlight of achievements and constraints encountered whilst striving to reach specific objectives defined in the bilateral agreement between the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) and Austrian Red Cross (ARC) on the Community Based Landmine/UXO Risk Education Program for the year 2005 with the total amount 20,000.00EURO.

Today we join united in celebrating and reflecting on 50 Years of the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC). We are honored to be part of the international community of the Red Cross which has existed for over 142 years and part of a family of 181 National Societies around the world...

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Forward (PDF Document 185kb) History (PDF Document 3,447kb) CRC Today (PDF Document 5,496kb) Organisation Development (PDF Document 1,041kb) Partners (PDF Document 613kb) Looking to Future (PDF Document 230kb) Credits (PDF Document 254kb)

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The Strategy 2003 - 2010 describes how the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) can contribute to poverty reduction of the most vulnerable in Cambodia by becoming a leading humanitarian organisation. The objectives and actions detailed in this Strategy have been designed to help the CRC move in the same strategic direction as the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement as a whole.

Linkages between flood and drought disasters and Cambodian rural livelihoods and food security: “How can the CRC Community Disaster Preparedness Program further enhance livelihood and food security of Cambodian rural people in the face of natural disasters?”

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