Khammouane Province, Laos, 2015 Transporting the patient. Participants practice transporting a patient during a Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction simulation. The exercises and drills focus on disaster preparedness and response at village level, ensuring communities are equipped with skills to activate emergency plans and save lives. Through the simulation project Lao Red Cross and partner French Red Cross, with support from the European Union, are improving safety for vulnerable communities.Khammouane Province, Laos, 2015 In line to fight fire. Village Disaster Protection Unit members form a water line to fight fire during a Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction simulation. The exercises and drills focus on disaster preparedness and response at village level, ensuring communities are equipped with skills to activate emergency plans and save lives. Through the simulation project Lao Red Cross and partner French Red Cross, with support from the European Union, are improving safety for vulnerable communities.

LAO RED CROSS

As an auxiliary to the Government, Lao Red Cross conducts activities within a range of programmes including emergency response, water and sanitation, health, disaster preparedness and risk reduction, livelihoods, first aid, HIV/AIDS, dissemination of humanitarian values, tracing and youth.

In September 2002 Lao Red Cross and its key partners signed the region’s first Cooperation Agreement Strategy. Lao Red Cross works in collaboration with a number of ministries, and has a memorandum of understanding (MOU) or development contracts with a number of National Societies in support of its programmes.

Lao Red Cross

Address: Impasse XiengNhune, Avenue Sethathirad, Vientiane

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Contact information

Key information

Branch Offices: 18 provincial offices (chapters) with 92 district branches.

Date Established: Formed: 1 January 1955; Recognized by ICRC: 23 May 1957; admitted into IFRC: 20 October 1957.

IFRC Country Delegation? No.

Key persons: President: Mr. Khamhoung Heuangvongsy, Vice-President: Thongphachan Sonnasinh, Vice-President: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sing Menorath

Legal Status: Lao Red Cross was officially recognised as an independent National Red Cross Society following the politiburo Decree of December 1992 and the Prime Ministerial Decree of December 1993. A further Decree in 1999 (Prime Minister 138/PM, dated 13 May 2013) approved the role and status of the Lao Red Cross and defined a clear organizational structure at the headquarters and branches.

Major Partners: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement partners: French Red Cross, German Red Cross, Luxembourg Red Cross, Swiss Red Cross, Korean Red Cross, Red Cross Society of China, Japanese Red Cross, Viet Nam Red Cross, Thai Red Cross.

Program Overview: Blood service is implemented throughout the whole country (18 Provinces).

Key policy documents

Lao Red Cross Strategic Plan 2016 - 2025 (final)

Lao Red Cross Strategic Plan 2016 – 2025 (final)

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Lao Red Cross Strategic Plan 2011-2015

Lao Red Cross Strategic Plan 2011 -2015

This five year strategic plan of Lao Red Cross 2011-2015 is the third strategic plan. The plan was developed out of lessons following the second strategic plan (2006-2010) and the most recent extensive planning and consultation process. It provides a framework for the Lao Red Cross as it continues to strengthen its work on four core areas: disaster management, health and care in the community, promotion of fundamental principles and humanitarian values, and organizational development.

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Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Management resources

Legal Preparedness for Responding to Disasters and Communicable Disease Emergencies: Study Report

Legal Preparedness for Responding to Disasters and Communicable Disease Emergencies: Study Report

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CBDRR manual in Lao PDR

Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) Manual in Lao PDR

The CBDRR Manual is a practical ‘how-to’ guide on community-based disaster risk reduction for government and non-government agencies in Lao PDR. It is a commonly agreed document to be referred to by agencies working on CBDRR in Lao PDR. It provides guidance and support for systematic implementation of CBDRR programs by explaining each of the steps as well as tools used.

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Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction Volunteer Manual 2011

Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction Volunteer Manual 2011

Purpose: This Lao Red Cross Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) Volunteer Manual has been developed specifically for use at the village level by Lao Red Cross Volunteers and Village Disaster Preparedness Units (VDPUs) using practical examples and reducing and simplifying disaster-related theory and concepts.…

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Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction Programme: Guideline for selection of Red Cross Volunteer

Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction Programme: Guideline for selection of Red Cross Volunteer

Purpose: This program aims at building safer and more resilient community through reducing underlying factor of the vulnerability that disaster prone communities are facing and this will be done in different forms of interventions, especially at community level in order to…

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Form: Needs Assessment when a Disaster Occurs (in Lao)

Form: Needs Assessment when a Disaster Occurs (in Lao)

Form: Needs Assessment when a Disaster Occurs (in Lao)

Form - In time of Disasters: Household Characteristics (in Lao)

Form – In time of Disaster: Household Characteristics (in Lao)

Form – In time of Disasters: Household Characteristics (in Lao)

Document library - Lao

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