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Testimonies from employees and volunteers of the Burundi Red Cross in response to the crisis June 2015
Introduction It has been more than a month since pre-election violence started in Burundi, resulting in a number of casualties in the capital of Bujumbura. Since the first day of the demonstrations, the Burundi Red Cross, with support from Movement partners, has deployed three first aid mobile response teams and 9 advanced posts in Bujumbura, with more than 100 volunteers supporting the operation. They are offering onsite first aid treatment, evacuation of the injured to hospitals, and referrals of pregnant women. To date volunteers have evacuated and treated more than 500 people.
In a country with multiple chronic vulnerabilities, Burundi Red Cross has developed door-to-door access to every vulnerable person in the country through its network of sustainable community volunteer units, with more than 450,000 volunteers active across the country.