Summary of the organization:

Full name of the organization and abbreviated name: Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina (DCKBH)

Full address: Kranjčevićeva 2, 71 000 Sarajevo, BiH

General contact:: 033 263 935

Email: rcsbh@rcsbh.org

BRAT Contact: Haris Magrdžija, 061 342 753haris@rcsbh.org

Website: www.rcsbh.org

Social Media:

IG: @rcsbh 

FB: @dckbih 

Twitter: RedCrossBH 

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/red-cross-society-of-bosnia-and-herzegovina/ 

Mission:

The Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in accordance with the mission and fundamental principles of the Red Cross/Cross Movement, deals with alleviating human suffering wherever it is, works to raise awareness of humanitarian needs, protect the dignity and improve the lives of vulnerable people, and develop its resources and building partnerships with other RCRC national societies, organizations and institutions.

Vision:

The Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a well-functioning National Society with modern and widely recognized and accepted programs that respond to the needs of vulnerable people, which will ensure a leading role in the field of humanitarian action.

What we do:

Activities of the Route-Based Migration Program (Migration Case for Support) in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Services for Migrants in Transit in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Since the beginning of the migrant crisis, the Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina (DCKBH) has been involved in migration response activities, in coordination with state authorities and other stakeholders, in all locations where migrants are on the move or are housed in transit camps. DCKBH leads mobile teams to support migrants on the move, with a special emphasis on cantons that are burdened by a high influx of migrants.

• Institutional preparedness of RCSBiH for disaster preparedness and response

Through this program, DCKBiH builds and develops its capacities and resources at all levels of its organization, in order to respond as adequately and timely as possible to natural and man-made disasters. The Society carries out its activities through a network of volunteers, who are trained and partially equipped, and organized into 40 multipurpose field teams in Bosnia and Herzegovina. With its specially trained teams (Regional Disaster Response Team), DCKBH is part of the international forces within the IFRC for emergency response in cases of regional and international disasters, where it contributes every year.

• Winter aid to the most vulnerable people in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Local organizations in the structure work in close cooperation with local authorities to identify the most vulnerable persons. Basic necessities (food and hygiene packages), cash vouchers and all other available forms of assistance are continuously distributed to displaced persons, vulnerable elderly persons, families of the missing, the disabled, victims of natural disasters.

• Strengthening the resilience of the elderly and people with disabilities during COVID-19 and future disasters (RESOPP)

This is a three-year initiative in the Western Balkans region, coordinated by the Serbian Red Cross, and supported by the European Union, the Austrian Development Agency and the Austrian Red Cross. Its specific goal is to empower the elderly and people with disabilities, civil society organizations and local organizations to better face the Covid-19 situation and other potential disasters in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo. The initiative focuses specifically on four thematic areas, namely mental health, cash/voucher assistance, strengthening local communities and research/public policy.

BRAT Activities: 

The Society of the Red Cross of Bosnia and Herzegovina within the framework of the BRAT project focuses on:

• Improving the living conditions of migrants in the camp and outside it
• Assistance to migrants and procurement of basic items (food, hygiene items) through a network of local entrepreneurs
• Strengthening the capacity of the RCSBiH in logistics, procurement and management of means of living (training for volunteers, better equipping the HOC, equipping three warehouses)
• Selection of domestic companies and procurement of items (select local companies that have local and eco-sustainable production through a public tender)
• Distribution of spare supplies for migrants and local communities (hygiene kits and food packages)
• Provision of first aid and basic health services in the camps and outside them in order to improve the health conditions of migrants (training, purchase of 3 medical cars, set up of mobile clinics, exercises in the field of first aid with local communities)

• Implementation of promotional initiatives to increase public health protection in local communities during and after covid-19 (training on Community Health and first aid and vaccination, 90, training on first aid sessions for migrants and the local community, purchase of training materials, national health conference on public health and access to health services for the most vulnerable, drafts and publications on community health promoted by volunteers)