THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY LA SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DE LA CROIX-ROUGE — Quick View

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Reporting period ending: 2021-03-31

Programs and activities:

Ongoing programs:
THE CANADIAN RED CROSS (CRC HAS 13,800 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS AND MORE THAN 4,200 EMPLOYEES. ON AVERAGE, CRC RESPONDED TO A DISASTER EVERY 3 HOURS & ASSISTED 92 CANADIANS DAILY. MORE THAN 2,865 HOUSEHOLDS WERE PROVIDED WITH ASSISTANCE FOLLOWING A PERSONAL DISASTER, SUCH AS A HOUSE FIRE. MORE THAN 33,700 PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCED A LARGE-SCALE DISASTER WERE HELPED. OVER 650 HOUSEHOLDS WERE SUPPORTED WITH HOUSING REPAIR, RECONSTRUCTION, AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE; MORE THAN 165 SMALL BUSINESSES RECEIVED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR LOSSES AND DAMAGES; AND 140 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICE AGENCIES RECEIVED FINANCIAL SUPPORT, CRC PROVIDED MORE THAN 193,730 HOURS OF HOME SUPPORT FOR SENIORS AND RECOVERING PATIENTS; MORE THAN 255680 LOANS OF HEALTH EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS WALKERS, ETC. MORE THAN 24,480 TRANSPORTATION RIDES WERE GIVEN TO PEOPLE WITHOUT MEANS TO GET TO AN APPOINTMENT AND MORE THAN 228,391 MEALS WERE DELIVERED TO THOSE UNABLE TO PREPARE THEIR OWN. CRC PROVIDED SWIMMING AND WATER SAFETY COURSES TO MORE THAN 107,790 CANADIANS, TAUGHT MORE THAN 453,440 PEOPLE FIRST AID, AND DELIVERED PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID TRAINING TO MORE THAN 5,100 PEOPLE. CRC REACHED MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE GLOBALLY THROUGH DIRECT PROGRAMMING AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER NATIONAL SOCIETIES AND THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS & RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES. CRC ALSO DEPLOYED AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL CLINIC TO HONDURAS, ASSISTING 3,709 PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF HURRICANES ETA & IOTA.

New programs:
CRC HAS 17 ENGAEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA (GOC) AND 89 ENGAGEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF PROVINCES & TERRITORIES TO HELP WITH COVID-19. THIS INVOLVED THE CREATION & SCALE-UP OF NEW SERVICES AND DEPLOYMENT OF EXISTING HEALTH & EMERGENCY CAPACITIES. MORE THAN 4,000 STAFF & VOLUNTEERS SUPPORTED COVID-19 OPERATIONS, INCLUDING: 30+ VACCINATION SITES; 8,120+ PEOPLE AT ISOLATION & QUARANTINE SITES; 7000+ TRAVELERS AT ISOLATION, QUARANTINE & SAMPLE COLLECTION SITES; 14,000+ PEOPLE WITH 52,943 REGULAR CHECK-IN CALLS; 4000+ HOUSEHOLDS WITH 52,000+ FOOD BOXES; 5 DEPLOYMENTS OF FIELD HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT TO 4 PROVINCES; 360 SITES WITH EPIDEMIC PREVENTION & CONTROL EXPERTISE; 13,500+ FRONTLINE WORKERS TRAINED IN EPIDEMIC PREVENTION & CONTROL MEASURES; 157 LONG-TERM CARE HOMES IN 5 PROVINCES WITH CRC EMERGENCY CARE HOMES IN 5 PROVINCES WITH CRC EMERGENCY CARE WORKERS; AND MORE THAN 400 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES WITH EPIDEMIC PREVENTION & CONTROL, HEALTH & WELLNESS, AND EMERGENCY GUIDANCE. CRC ALSO ADDED 4,850+ ADDITIONAL HUMANITARIAN POSITIONS AS SURGE SUPPORT TO COVID-19 OPERATIONS, INCLUDING EMERGENCY CARE WORKERS. OVER 6 MILLION PIECES OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) WAS DISPATCHED IN SUPPORT OF PANDEMIC OPERATIONS AND MORE THAN 86,000 EMERGENCY STOCK ITEMS WERE SENT TO COMMUNITIES IN NEED. WITH FUNDING FROM THE GOC'S EMERGENCY COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUND, THE CRC PROVIDED OVER 1,350+ GRANTS TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDED TRAINING TO HELP PREVENT DISEASE TRANSMISSION AND SENT OUT 70,000+ PPE KITS ACROSS CANADA.

Operations Outside Canada

• AFGHANISTAN

• Other countries in Africa

• ALBANIA

• ALGERIA

• Other countries in Central and South America

• ARMENIA

• Other countries in Asia and Oceania

• AZERBAIJAN

• Other countries in North America

• BANGLADESH

• BELARUS

• BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

• CAMEROON

• CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

• CHAD

• CHINA

• CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

• COLOMBIA

• COSTA RICA

• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

• ECUADOR

• EGYPT

• EL SALVADOR

• ETHIOPIA

• GEORGIA

• GHANA

• HAITI

• HONDURAS

• INDIA

• INDONESIA

• IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)

• ITALY

• COTE D'IVOIRE

• JAPAN

• KAZAKHSTAN

• KYRGYZSTAN

• LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBL

• LEBANON

• MADAGASCAR

• MALAYSIA

• MALI

• MEXICO

• Other countries in Europe

• MONGOLIA

• MONTENEGRO

• MOZAMBIQUE

• MYANMAR

• NICARAGUA

• NIGERIA

• REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

• WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP

• PAKISTAN

• PANAMA

• PHILIPPINES

• RWANDA

• SERBIA

• SIERRA LEONE

• SOMALIA

• SRI LANKA

• SUDAN

• SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

• TAJIKISTAN

• TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF

• TURKEY

• UGANDA

• UKRAINE

• UNITED STATES

• VENEZUELA, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC

• YEMEN

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