This report covers the period 01/JAN/2011 to 31/DEC/2011

In brief

Programme outcome The programmes of the Moldova Red Cross are aligned with the global aims of the International Federation`s Strategy 2020 to save lives, protect livelihoods, and strengthen recovery from disasters and crises; enable healthy and safe living; and promote social inclusion and a culture of non-violence and peace. The capacity-building efforts are in line with Enabling Action One to build strong National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Programme summary

This report covers the period 01/01/2010 to 31/12/2010

Programme outcome: The National Society programmes are aligned with the strategic aims of the Strategy 2020 to save lives, protect livelihoods, and strengthen recovery from disasters and crises; enable healthy and safe living; and promote social inclusion and culture of non-violence and peace.
The capacity-building efforts are in line with the enabling action one to build strong National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

After 18 years of Moldovan independence, many things have passed and emotions have calmed, though the pain of those who lost their relatives and close friends on both sides of the Transnistrian conflict in 1992 has not yet subsided. This circumstance has a negative impact on the economic development of the country, and first of all on the social sphere.

Programme purpose: The programmes supported by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Moldova aim to mitigate the impact of disasters; to improve the health status of the population, especially that of vulnerable groups; to strengthen the capacity of the Moldova Red Cross to respond effectively to the needs of the most vulnerable people; and to promote respect for diversity and human dignity, and reduce intolerance, discrimination and social exclusion.

Programme summary: In 2009 the Moldova

This Emergency Appeal seeks CHF 1,250,355 (USD 1,193,428 or EUR 765,881) in cash, kind, or services to support the Moldovan and Ukrainian National Red Cross Societies to assist 60,000 beneficiaries for eight months.

A total of CHF 636,942 was allocated from the Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF), to support the initial phase of operations in Ukraine (CHF 437,942) and Moldova (CHF 199,000) respectively. Unearmarked funds to replenish DREF are encouraged.

Flooding on the Dniester and Prut rivers

This report covers the period of 01/01/06 to 31/12/07 of a two-year planning and appeal process.

In brief

- Moldova's 2007 drought has been the most severe in living memory; however, it represents the extreme manifestation of a trend to drier weather conditions, which started in the early 1990s.

- Aggregate cereal production is down by 63 percent compared to last year, and about 70 percent lower than the average of the past five years. Wheat output is estimated at 464 000 tonnes, maize at 276 000 tonnes, and barley at 86 000 tonnes.

- Reduced yields in winter crops (mostly wheat and barley down by 40 percent and 55 percent, respectively) and summer