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HELLENIC RED CROSS

HELLENIC RED CROSS. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES. ENDOV MEETING. 18 – 21 OF OCTOBER, 2006 THE HAGUE. MAIN ACTIVITY FIELDS. Primary and Secondary Health Care Social Welfare International Cooperation and Aid Rescue and First Aid Youth activities Tracing and Family Reunification

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HELLENIC RED CROSS

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  1. HELLENIC RED CROSS SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES

  2. ENDOV MEETING 18 – 21 OF OCTOBER, 2006 THE HAGUE

  3. MAIN ACTIVITY FIELDS • Primary and Secondary Health Care • Social Welfare • International Cooperation and Aid • Rescue and First Aid • Youth activities • Tracing and Family Reunification • Disaster preparedness/Response to Emergencies • Tracing Financial Resources

  4. NURSING DIVISION

  5. SOCIAL WELFARE DIVISION

  6. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION • International Aid • Development Programs • Emergency Aid Programs • Financing

  7. International Programs at National Level • Disasters in Greece • Bilateral Cooperation with other National Societies • Inner Community Programs

  8. International Conferences and Humanitarian Law • Dissemination of Humanitarian Law • Study and Preparedness of International Conferences • Edition of printed material

  9. TRACING DEPARTMENT

  10. FIRST AIDERS DIVISION “THE SAMARITANS”

  11. YOUTH DEPARTMENT • Activities Development aiming at: • The Cultivation of Solidarity and mutual Aid Principles to Young people • The protection of the Environment • The understanding and friendship among the young people of various countries

  12. DRUG –ADDICTION/AIDS PREVENTION DEPARTMENT • Seminars organization, open discussions with the cooperation of specialists aiming at the prevention and confrontation of drug-addiction and AIDS.

  13. MEDICAL ADVICE CENTER • Provision of medical instructions to Greek and Foreign mariners in sea (during their travel)

  14. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES • Regional Branches and Local Committees • Administrative Department • Financial Services Department • Central Warehouse • Legal Advice Department • Resources Collection Department • Public Relations and Press Department • Real Estate Department • Provisions Department • Data processing Department • Technical Service • Vehicles Department

  15. DEPLOYMENT OF VOLUNTEERS HOME VISITINGS to long term isolated persons, elderly, handicapped, incurable disease persons

  16. Volunteer Activities: • Companionship • Psychosocial support • Escort to Hospitals, Agencies, e.t.c. • Practical services (e.g. bills payment, shopping, meals preparation) • Support through the line • Promenades in parks, to the sea • Visiting to museums, cultural events, churches, exhibitions

  17. WORKING WITH CHILDREN Volunteers visit Institutions who are in charge for the Child Care and offer their services to: -Orphans or Abandoned Children -Children suffering from cancer -Abused children

  18. Volunteer Activities • Companionship and psychological support • Greek and English language courses • Supportive teaching in school lessons • Creative and entertaining (Ps or other games, drawing, dancing courses, potter’s clay courses, excursions, e.t.c.)

  19. Volunteers in Detention Center H.R.C. Volunteers visit the Detention Center for Migrant Women whose their application for refugee status is rejected pending the decision until their departation. Their origin places are countries of Asia, East Europe and Africa.

  20. Volunteer Activities: • Psychological support and encouragement • Cooperation with the Social Worker and mediation • Material support • Supplementary food assistance • Hygienic parcels • clothing

  21. Volunteers in H.R.C. Reception and Integration Centers and Camps for Asylum Seekers and Refugees Volunteer Activities: • Greek and English language courses • Supportive teaching in school lessons • Motivation for their integration in Greek Society • Creative activities • Operation of Lending Library • Fund raising

  22. Intercultural activities -festivals -forums -painting exhibitions -music and dancing events, e.t.c. • Participation in the Refugees/Asylum Seekers Employment Office (mediation with the labor markets) • Escort to Hospitals and Services

  23. Response of the volunteers in mass arrivals in regional branches Short-term volunteer training programs are organized in specific regional branches located in areas closed to Greek-Turkish boarders of islands of East Aegean Sea which constitute entrances for illegal arrivals (e.g. migrants of asylum seekers from Asia, Africa).

  24. The training aims to prepare volunteers to respond in mass arrivals and includes topics such as: • Psychosocial support of the transferred population reception/detention centers organization • Material provisions distribution • Mediation in health and legal services • Human rights protection • Maintenance of the minimum living standards

  25. In addition, these volunteers are trained in natural disaster preparedness/response in case of emergency situations.

  26. NURSING DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES INSTITUTIONALISED CARE • Community State Hospitals in Athens and other districts • Children’s Hospitals • Accident & Emergency Hospitals • Blood Donation Centres • Rehabilitation Centres for the Handicapped • Homes for the Elderly

  27. 2.DISTRICT NURSING • Health Care Services • Geriatrics • Home Nursing • Health Centres – Hellenic Red Cross Advice Centres.

  28. Regarding the Geriatrics and Home Nursing fields, our volunteers provide their services to individuals that do not require further hospitalization. In this way more hospital beds are made available and the danger of being contaminated by hospital infections is significantly reduced.

  29. 3. MEDICAL SURGERIES • Surgery for Elderly Protective Care • Counselling Centres for specialised health issues e.g. skin cancer

  30. 4. EMERGENCY CARE Volunteers participate in international assignments in order to provide humanitarian aid and healthcare services e.g. the 2005 mission to S.E. Asia, Sri Lanka and the earthquake in Turkey were amongst a number of assignments that also include previous international missions during natural disasters, floods, earthquakes, fires and heat-waves.

  31. 5. OTHER ACTIVITIES • Deskwork at the Main Offices, especially during crisis or emergency periods. • Participation in various exhibitions with Hellenic Red Cross stands. • Participation in the Hellenic Red Cross European Mission for Road Safety • Parades on National Remembrance Days • The Volunteers’ Choir that offers extensive entertainment to patients in hospitals or homes during the festive seasons • Reception of children from war-torn countries, escorting them during their arrival and departure from various central locations within the city. • Participation in the Pan-Hellenic Fund.

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