Programmes and appeal 2008-2009

Regional and global programming

The Red Cross Red Crescent is unique, because:

• The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies comprises National Societies in 186 countries with more than 100 million staff and volunteers ready for action.
• Red Cross Red Crescent volunteers are ready to respond almost anyywhere in the world, because they live in the communities that they serve. This means that they are on the ground before, during and after every campaign or emergency response operation – and live with the results.
• The Red Cross Red Crescent works from within communities and has their best interests at heart. It does not impose solutions from the outside.
• The Red Cross Red Crescent has learnt from the experiences of the past, understands the present and knows what is feasible and sustainable for the future in a particular environment.
• With its unique presence and unmatched local knowledge, the Red Cross Red Crescent has a permanent interest in communities and, therefore, has to get it right from the start.
• The Red Cross Red Crescent believes in working in partnership with others, sharing knowledge and respecting others’ abilities, cultures and sensitivities.
  
• The Red Cross Red Crescent does not compete with others over resources available to communities. In order to be able to maintain its ability to work in the long run, it has to safeguard public services and the abilities of its other partners.
• Every Red Cross Red Crescent member lives by seven fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality. These principles guide its everyday work and allow it access to the most vulnerable – even in the most complex and problematic of environments.
• Individual Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies are unique legal entities. Unlike any other ‘non-official’ organization, their existence and independence is enshrined in international law. This allows a National Society to work in partnership with governments
  

2008-2009 programming

Our ambitious programme for next year is designed to help the global community truly come to terms with the threat posed by global warming and its potential effects on the poorest people on the planet.

During the period 2008–2009, the International Federation will introduce programming for 326,567 million Swiss francs (CHF) in 2008 and 326,677 million Swiss francs (CHF) in 2009. We will present a progress report on this work at the start of 2009.

The global programme will correspond with the four Red Cross Red Crescent Global Agenda goals, below. The regional programmes follow our new seven-zone structure.

1. All figures are in thousands of Swiss francs (CHF).

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