AZERBAIJAN RED CRESCENT SOCIETY

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AZERBAIJAN RED CRESCENT SOCIETY
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• PROJECT
• Capacity Building of Azerbaijan Red
• Crescent Branches through the Participatory
• Community Development approach

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OBJECTIVES

• To strengthen programme management capacity of
  the Red Crescents branches to meet needs of
  vulnerable groups through workshops and
  on-the-job trainings.
• To introduce community development strategy in
  Red Crescent programmes.
• Increase awareness of 350,000 community members
  through information and dissemination campaigns
  on the Movements values and Red Crescent
  branches activities at grass root level.
• To strengthen sustainability of Red Crescent
  services at branch and regional center levels
  through development of small-scale income
  generation projects and local fundraising
  activities.

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• Selected pilot branches
• Sumgayit
• Shamakha
• Ismayilli
• Mingachevir
• Ujar
• Zagatala

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Headquarters National Society

Regional Centers
Regional Centers
RC Branches
RC Branches
RC Branches
RC Branches
COMMUNITIES
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ACTIVITIES

• A1.Conduct a preliminary assessment of activities
  and
• capacities of six pilot branches
• A2.Conduct a national workshop to introduce the
  project
• and its objectives
• A3.Help branches repair their offices and provide
  them
• with essential furniture and equipment, including
  Internet
• connection.
• A4.Establish contacts with local authorities to
  encourage
• them to provide support to branches.
• A5.Training on project planning, management and
• reporting (narrative and financial) for branch
  staff
• and volunteers.
• A6.Organize computer courses for branch key staff

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• B1.Design module on first aid, preventive health,
  
• social care and disaster preparedness for work
  with
• communities.
• B2.Conduct training of trainers on core Red
  Crescent
• activities for community members.
• B3. Select 2/3 pilot communities in each target
  region
• to apply the modules into practice based on
  community
• needs.
• B4. Print and distribute to target communities
• materials on first aid, preventive health, as
  well as
• information booklets on branches work.

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• C1.Train Red Crescent volunteers in branches to
• disseminate humanitarian values and the
  Movements
• Fundamental Principles in their communities.
• C2.Establish and maintain contacts with local and
  
• national mass media to highlight ongoing
  activities.
• C3. Organize public relation events at local
  level
• involving Red Crescent volunteers and community
• members.

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• D1.Organize 2 fundraising workshops at regional
• level for staff and volunteers.
• D2.Identify basic fundraising tools/system for
• branches.
• D3.Realize one small-scale income-generating
• project in selected branches.

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52 Branch volunteers were trained as
trainers in first aid, health promotion and
dissemination. 4,667 -health awareness sessions
and campaigns. 22,320 -people increased
awareness of the Movements Fundamental
Principles through 1,300 sessions. 7,167
community members were trained in First Aid. 54
films about the Red Crescent work were
broadcasted by a local TV Company
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• Azerbaijan Red Crescent
• Society
• Baku, 2006

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Contact details

• Address 2, S. Safarov Street, Baku city, AZ1010,
  Azerbaijan
• Tel[phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail redcrescent_at_redcrescent.az
• Web page www.redcrescent.az