Humanitarian aid; Finnish Red Cross FRC bilateral operations 2018

Description What is done in the programme or project and why, what results are pursued, who benefits from the activities and who are involved in the implementation.

In the past 10 years, the Finnish Red Cross(FRC) has participated in various Red Cross Red Cresent Movement operations through emergency response units (ERU) or Rapid Deployment Units (ICRC), no less than 23 times. Of these, half have been large scale health deployments, i.e. clinics, hospitals or equivalent, that are particularly budget intense and where timely funding from the MFA is essential. MFA funding for ERU/RDU deployments for 2018 is 500 000 euros.