Singapore, 17 March 2012 - One year after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, the Singapore Red Cross (SRC) has to date, delivered S$28 million worth of relief and rebuilding projects from donations raised through its public appeal. This is 80 percent of the S$35 million raised.
The Singapore Red Cross donates USD 100,000 to aid the Lao people affected by the recent floods in Laos caused by Typhoons Haima and Nockten. Besides the loss of lives, the floods resulted in widespread damage to transportation, agriculture and irrigation systems. The floods also wiped out much of the crops, including the rice harvest, in the affected areas. The Lao Red Cross will use the donation to provide food and other essential supplies to the farmers and others affected by the floods in the Southern province of Champasak.
Singapore team spends New Year Eve in relief centre to distribute SGD200,000 worth of Christmas Family Pack
Singapore 28 Dec 2011 – The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) is sending its 2nd team of seven personnel to the Philippines on Wednesday, 28 December, to bring more relief items to the 47 relief centres in Cagayan De Oro City, which are temporary shelters to over 12,000 displaced families affected by Typhoon Washi which struck southern Mindanao on 17 December 2011. The team will be spending their New Year’s Eve there and returning on the same evening.
Singapore 19th Dec 2011 – The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) will be sending a six men team to the Philippines on Wednesday, 21 December to assist in the distribution of immediate relief items and food supplies to survivors of the Typhoon Washi which struck southern Mindanao on 17 December 2011.
Singapore, 8 November 2011 – The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) has contributed 18 units of inflatable rubber boats to the Thai Red Cross to support their relief efforts in addressing Thailand’s worst flood woes. All 18 boats were received by the Thai Ambassador, His Excellency Nopadol Gunavibool at the Royal Thai Embassy in Singapore today at 4pm. The Embassy will assist to sea freight to Bangkok tomorrow. The boats and accessories cost a total of S$50,000, and each boat can carry as much as 560kg.
Singapore, 3 November 2011 – Donors can now give to the “South East Asia Floods Appeal” at more than 2,700 locations, thanks to the partnership of NTUC Fairprice, AXS, DBS/POSB, OCBC and UOB Singapore, with the Singapore Red Cross.
Donors can donate cash in Red Cross tins at NTUC Fairprice outlets and UOB Singapore branches; electronically at AXS stations, DBS/POSB and OCBC ATMs islandwide; or online via DBS, OCBC and UOB internet banking.
Singapore Government contributed USD100,000 as seed money to the appeal
Public appeal to raise funds for Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam to continue till 30 November 2011
Singapore, 11 October 2011 – The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) will contribute SGD 200,000 as its 1st tranche of emergency relief to Thailand and Cambodia. The donation came from generous donors to SRC’s “South East Asia Flood Appeal”.
• Part of proceeds has been disbursed as emergency relief for basic necessities while remaining will be spent to aid early recovery
Singapore, 13 May 2011 – The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) has received more than S$30 million in response to its public appeal which ended on 30 April 2011, to assist survivors of the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the Tohoku region on 11 March 2011.
The Singapore Red Cross freighted 1,000,000
pieces of face masks to the Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia
- PMI) for distribution to survivors and relief workers of the recent Mount
Merapi eruptions.
The 3-ply nano face mask protects against
bacteria, dust, air-borne diseases and viruses.
Mr Christopher Chua, Secretary General
of the Singapore Red Cross said, "When I visited the Mentawai Islands
last week to assess the impact of the disaster and to discuss the immediate
needs for both the Mentawai islands and Mount Merapi disasters with the
Singapore Red Cross Secretary General Christopher
Chua visited the Indonesian Red Cross ("Palang Merah Indonesia or
PMI") between 31 October to 2 November 2010 to assess the impact of
the disaster, and to understand its relief operations plan at the Mentawai
Islands.
On 22 October, an earthquake triggered
a tsunami that struck the Mentawai Islands off Western Sumatra. A week
after the tsunami, 431 people have now been confirmed dead with 88 still
missing.
PMI has established two coordinating
posts ("POSKO" ) - one in Muko Muko town in Bengkulu province
- According to the National and Provincial
Disaster Management Authority report dated October 2,20.1 million people
have been affected by the July floods. The death toll has risen this past
week and now stands at 1,961 people, an increase of 159 deaths. A reported
2,995 people have been injured. The number of damaged houses is 1.9 million.
- Roads and railways are gradually becoming
accessible, and this is allowing flood victims to begin returning to their
homes, particularly in the provinces of Sindh, Punjab, KPK and Baluchistan.
The Singapore Red Cross is part of the
Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, and is working with the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Pakistan
Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to bring aid to the survivors of the Pakistan
floods.
The following update details how your
donation is translated to emergency relief efforts, and how your continued
giving will help the overall recovery and rehabilitation efforts in Pakistan.
Impact
- According to the National and Provincial
Disaster Management Authority report dated September 23, an estimated 20
Six months after a massive earthquake struck
central Chile on 27 February, the Chilean Red Cross (CRC) continues to
give priority to its shelter and health activities and will boost recovery
and risk reduction programmes in a line with a new plan of action, extended
from 12 to 24 months. The disaster left 512 people dead, thousands injured
and hundreds of thousands displaced.
To date, more than 22,000 families have
received transitional shelter assistance and 750 families have received
construction materials and tools to repair their damaged homes. In addition,
Singapore Red Cross' Secretary General
Christopher Chua and Director of Operations Lim Theam Poh were in Pakistan
recently to handover the relief items, procured using the monetary donations
from the Singaporean donor community, including:
8,000 pieces of tarpaulins sheets (6m
by 4m) which can be used for temporary shelters valued SGD 147,701.00cts
2,000 Family Food Packs (each pack can
feed a family of 7 persons for 1 month). Items include 50 kg wheat flour,
20 kg of rice, 25 kg of lentil, 15 kg of cooking oil / Ghee, 5kg sugar,
The Singapore Red Cross is part of the
Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, and is working with the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Pakistan
Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to bring aid to the survivors of the Pakistan
floods.
The following update details how your
donation is translated to emergency relief efforts, and how your continued
giving will help the overall recovery and rehabilitation efforts in Pakistan.
Impact
- According to the National and Provincial
Disaster Management Authority report dated September 14, an estimated 20
The Singapore Red Cross is part of the
Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, and is working with the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Pakistan
Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to bring aid to the survivors of the Pakistan
floods.
The following update details how your
donation is translated to emergency relief efforts, and how your continued
giving will help the overall recovery and rehabilitation efforts in Pakistan.
Impact
According to the National and Provincial
Disaster Management Authority report dated 7 September, an estimated 18
The Singapore Red Cross is part of the
Red Cross Red Crescent Movement and we are working with the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Pakistan
Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to bring aid to the survivors of the Pakistan
floods.
The following update details how your
donation is translated to emergency relief efforts, and how your continued
giving will help the overall recovery and rehabilitation efforts in Pakistan.
The disaster
- The latest figures from the
Pakistan National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) indicate a continued
The Singapore Red Cross is part of the
Red Cross Red Crescent Movement and we are working with the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Pakistan
Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to bring aid to the survivors of the Pakistan
floods.
The following update details how your
donation is translated to emergency relief efforts, and how your continued
giving will help the overall recovery and rehabilitation efforts in Pakistan.
The Pakistan superflood disaster continues
to evolve. The entire length of the country is affected: from the Swat
valley in the north to the mouth of the Indus river in the south. The damaged
territory is estimated to be about the size of the UK.
Huge areas remain underwater, and the
losses in them are for all practical purposes incalculable. Hundreds of
thousands of people are on the move or have set up camp beside roads and
railway lines, on the dykes where they first made landfall as they fled
the rising water, and in school buildings.
