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Overview
In 2012, the Red Crescent Society of Kyrgyzstan (RCSK) made maximum efforts and undertook many activities to overcome the consequences of the internal crisis that happened in 2011, and also to restore its image among its partners and the population in general. Although the tension lasted for several months, it has finally been resolved. The concrete activities of restoration, undertaken by the RCSK, were the following.
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the staff of the National Society were re-instated in their jobs, and acceptable work conditions were ensured;
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specialists with expertise in different fields were engaged;
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the basic activities of the National Society were resumed within a short period;
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the terms of reference for the leadership as well as for the Governing Board of the National Society were revised and adopted;
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the Statute of the National Society was revised and agreed with the Joint Statutory Commission of the International Federation and the ICRC. Afterwards, it was re-registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic in accordance with the national legislation;
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an extraordinary National Society Congress was conducted to endorse the revised Statute of the organization and to elect a new Chairperson and a Governing Board;
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a new General Director of the National Society was appointed, and the new structure of the organization was adopted.
In order to prevent the occurrence of similar problems in the future, the National Society has prepared a brief analytical review of the resolved situation, which comprises suggestions on steps to be taken to further improve the situation, mitigate the negative impact on the image of the National Society, and avoid a recurrence of similar crisis situations.
During the period from January through May 2012 the National Society faced a gap in the financial support of the programmes implemented through the International Federation (IFRC). Although the NS was having an adequate funding from the IFRC from January 2012 onwards to support their Volunteering in Emergencies work, DM programming and OD, both the British RC and the Finnish RC pledged funding only in May and June, respectively, for the health programmes. In order to avoid the negative consequences of this situation, the Kyrgyz Red Crescent had to find alternative sources of funding to ensure a minimum support for its activities.
Currently, the Red Crescent Society of Kyrgyzstan (RCSK) is in a new phase of development, capable to reinforce and expand its traditional activities and initiate new ones.