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SUMMARY:Second Humanitarian Week by Singapore Red Cross | November 2016 | Singapore
DESCRIPTION:Humanitarian Dialogue “The Advent of New Technologies on Warfare: Challenges in Respecting International Law” \nThe advancement of modern technologies has paved the way forward for humanity. Yet\, they also have the potential to unleash bloodshed and devastation of an unimaginable scale\, particularly when they fall into the hands of terrorists intended to waging war on humanity. \nThis was highlighted at a humanitarian dialogue on “The Advent of New Technologies on Warfare: Challenges in Respecting International Law” at The Atrium at Orchard Road on 23 November 2016. \nMore than 50 people gathered for the dialogue featuring esteemed panelists Dr. Rohan Gunaratna\, Head of International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research\, S. Rajaratnam\, School of International Studies and Fiona Barnaby\, Regional Legal Adviser of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Chew Lip Heng\, Head of Operations Control\, International Services\, Singapore Red Cross moderated the dialogue. Red Cross News shares some insights from the panelists. \nTerrorists have leveraged cyberspace for fundraising\, hacking of websites\, procurement and recruitment. They have the resources to deploy modern technology like projectiles\, drones and nanotechnology to launch large-scale attacks worldwide. And sadly\, no one country is spared from the threat of terrorism\, since the world today is increasingly global and interconnected. \nGiven that modern technologies like drones lack emotion or judgement call\, the scale of devastation can be unimaginably catastrophic\, possibly resulting in widespread bloodshed\, loss of plausibly hundreds of thousands of civilian lives and extensive destruction of properties. \nThe challenge that modern technology poses on International Humanitarian Law cannot be underestimated. Modern technology may complicate the challenges faced by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). This is especially true given the potentially wider scale of devastation and the difficulty in negotiating with both the terrorists and politicians to ensure compliance with the International Humanitarian Law. \nIn recent months\, the terrorist attacks have been brought closer to home. \nIn Singapore\, six men in Batam together with Syrian-based Indonesian ISIS militant Bahrun Naim were planning a rocket attack on Marina Bay in August this year. Malaysian Yazid Sufaat is now believed to be one of al-Qaeda’s main anthrax researchers. He was also said to be the same person who conceived attacks in the US. \nHowever\, large-scale attacks on civilians are never justified. \nThe challenge is for governments to build up capabilities to prevent such attacks and to work together to destroy terrorists’ nucleus. Laws\, including the International Humanitarian Law\, are important and pragmatic. Punitive measures need to be put in place for those who flout the IHL laws. However\, that cannot be done in silos. Though it’s often easier said than done\, governments\, and even terrorists themselves\, have to play a role in protecting innocent lives by complying with IHL. \nYouth Leadership Humanitarian Camp \nMilitants from the Deldar Army made perpetual calls for attack. Tumultuous bomb blasts exploded in the air\, sending chills down the spines of those who heard them. Continuous gunshots reverberated in the background that fateful Friday morning. The fearful cries of citizens of Haddar\, held as hostages by Deldar militants\, lingered in the vicinity of the Red Cross Training Campsite. \nThe earlier scenario was part of a RAID CROSS simulation exercise\, held at the second Youth Leadership Humanitarian Camp (YLHC) on 24 and 25 November. It simulated the attack between two fictitious cities\, Haddar and Deldar. \nFor eighteen youth participants\, the camp provided them with the first-hand experience of being caught in an armed conflict – a situation that all were unaccustomed to. \nBesides RAID CROSS\, participants also gleaned insights into Humanitarian Education topics through classroom activities\, campfire and team building exercises. Topics learnt included lifesaving and evacuation skills\, Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) and modules from the Youths As Agents of Behavioural Change (YABC) programme by the IFRC. \nParticipants honed their leadership skills by taking on various key roles and appointments throughout the camp. \nAt the end of the camp\, awards were presented to seven participants who embodied the Movement’s Seven Fundamental Principles. \n“My favourite part of the camp would be the RAID CROSS activity. The simulations were well-planned and suited to the actual happenings in the world. The camp also taught me how to be a more effective leader. It is not always easy to be one but the courage to try and carry on is always better than not doing it at all. Overall\, it was an enriching experience for me\,” Andrew Amadeus Susilo\, recipient of the ‘Medal of Independence’ award. \nOrganised for youths aged between 15 to 18 years old\, the camp was aimed at strengthening the leadership capabilities and inculcating humanitarian values among youth leaders. This was achieved by exposing them to the various issues and challenges within the humanitarian field. \nHumanitarian Experiential Camp \nWhen some 40 Singapore Red Cross (SRC) adult volunteers and members attended a one-day camp at Red Cross Training Campsite on 26 November\, they expected it to be another engagement session to learn more about the work of the Singapore Red Cross. Little did they know that they were about to enter an ongoing conflict zone. \nThe day started quite peacefully with a series of team bonding activities. They learnt about the Seven Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement and Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) through brainstorming sessions and classroom activities. \nYet\, their quiet Saturday was disrupted when participants entered a simulated Prisoners-of-War (POWs) Camp\, where they had to step into the shoes of in-camp prisoners in order to get their lunch. \nAnd the chaos continues. \nWhile moving in groups\, participants played the roles of Psychological First Aid providers\, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers\, war hostages and First Aid providers as they underwent a series of obstacle courses to complete their allocated missions. \nSome of the missions that they had to complete included clearing “mines” in a field\, rendering First Aid to help wounded soldiers\, providing psychological first aid to distressed victims and collecting dry food rations for sustainability. \nThe heavy afternoon showers towards the end of the day did not hamper the participants’ moods. As the day came to a close\, the participants bade their farewells to the facilitators and their newly found friends. They also gained knowledge and a deeper sense of appreciation towards global humanitarian issues. \n“When I received the invitation to the Humanitarian Education Experience\, I was really excited about registering for it. Yet at the same time\, I was worried about the (physical) activities that I might have to do. This one-day camp turned out to be a wonderful experience for me. I got the chance to play different roles in situations of war and conflict. I’ve learnt that we must not only be physically prepared for such violence but mentally as well. Further\, as a Volunteer and Member of the Movement\, the lesson on the Fundamental Principles serves to remind me of the values that I need to uphold\,” shared Aubrey Arguelles\, a SRC Member.
URL:https://www.rcrc-resilience-southeastasia.org/event/humanitarian-week-singapore-red-cross-november-2016/
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SUMMARY:Cambodian Red Cross celebrates World AIDS Day 2016
DESCRIPTION:The Cambodian Red Cross always celebrates the World AIDS Day event every year to support the effort of the government and the profound HIV and AIDS activity of its president as the National Champion of the Asia-Pacific Leadership Forum in response to HIV and AIDS in Cambodia. For 2016 World AIDS Day\, the CRC celebrated the event with the theme\, “Early Test and Early Treat toward stopping AIDS by 2025”. \nAccording to the above-mentioned theme\, CRC organized 2016 World AIDS day event in several activities which included:\na. Key message from the CRC’s President for nationally dissemination.\nb. 25 Red Cross Branches were encouraged to conduct home visits to PLHIV families by Red Cross Youth and Volunteers.\nc. Youth debate at the National TV studio and aired through the National TV before and on 1 December 2016.\nd. The health team from the NHQ visited 3 Red Cross branches (Siem Reap\, Svay Rieng and Koh Kong provinces) and joined the branches’ activities.\ne. The CRC’s NHQ health team conducted HIV/AIDS awareness sessions to several universities in Phnom Penh and Svay Rieng. \nKey Activities\n1. Key message from CRC’s President\nThe contents of the CRC’s President message to the public can be summarized as follow:\n– Try to understand about the fact of HIV and AIDS and to prevent yourself from HIV infection\, in particular all youth and you have to remember that “preventing HIV starts from you”.\n– For those who are suspecting of infecting HIV and those who are living with HIV\, you have to hurry to have blood test and accept treatment and health services from health centers and hospital. You have to commit not passing HIV to others.\n– For pregnant women\, you have to hurry to and to regularly have your pregnancy check-up so that you can take ARV preventing spreading HIV to your baby.\n– Do not discriminate and look down on the people who are living with HIV. We have to create a supporting environment for risk groups so that they can get health services\, social support lawful protection.\n– “I would like to appeal for all\, in particular youth\, that we have to commit ourselves to contribute to HIV prevention and all the times we have to avoid any actions which lead us to be risky to HIV. Everywhere you are\, you have to educate your friends to know how to prevent HIV like you do.” \n2. Youth debate\nFor the youth debate\, the Cambodian Red Cross held it at the National TV Studio in Phnom Penh on 22 November 2016 and then aired the video spot via all local TV channels from the 25 November to 1 December 2016. This youth debate was held under the specific topic\, “Cambodian Youth commit to prevent HIV.” The contents of the youth debate include: Contributing to the achievement of the 90-90-90 by 2020\, highlight the youth role model in preventing HIV and AIDS\, with the focus on self-esteem and social value\, and the joint effort in fighting against HIV and AIDS in Cambodia so far. There were 200 people who attended this youth debate\, including 40 Red Cross Volunteers and CRC’s staff. Student representatives from two universities debated on the key questions posted by the speaker panel. The speaker panel includes PLHIV representative\, National AIDS Authority\, Red Cross people and the media. \n3. Home visit to PLHIV families orphanage center\n\n– Totally 435 food packages\, including 60 packages supported by the Federation via ART Network\, were distributed to PLHIV’s families at their homes within the three provinces of Hoh Kong\, Svay Rieng and Siem Reap during November to December 2016.\n– Four staff of the CD/NCD sub-department of the National Head Quarters directly went to the three mentioned Red Cross Branches above. \n4. CRC’s NHQ health team conducted HIV/AIDS awareness sessions to several universities in Phnom Penh and Svay Rieng\nAt least six universities\, with a total of 4\,842 students\, were reached during November to December 2016. The six universities include 5 universities in Phnom Penh namely Royal University of Phnom Penh\, Asia-Europe University\, Royal University of Agriculture\, University of Cambodia and Western University and the other university in Svay Rieng which was University of Svay Rieng. Over 60% of the students were females. Deans of each university\, and teachers and students were very active and supporting the HIV sessions\, plus thanking the Red Cross for such HIV messages dissemination.
URL:https://www.rcrc-resilience-southeastasia.org/event/cambodian-red-cross-celebrates-world-aids-day-2016/
CATEGORIES:AIDS,Cambodia,Health
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