Cambodian Red Cross - assisting the vulnerable though the provision of health services, disaster management and promotion of humanitarian values.

Every day, Cambodian Red Cross Volunteers touch the lives of thousands of people throughout the country. Whether it be disseminating International Humanitarian Law, demonstrating how to use abate in dengue fever prevention, assisting survivors of disasters, teaching first aid or donating blood, the programs and work of CRC are all made possible by volunteers.

Cambodian Red Cross Volunteer programme was established in 1992, with the International Federation Red Cross Red Crescent in Cambodia providing technical and program funding.

Volunteers are recruited through each branch, with each individual Program Department responsible for providing recruitment direction and mobilizing the volunteers to implement the services, especially with people from rural areas.

VOLUNTEER SERVICES
CRC volunteers work tirelessly throughout the country educating, training and making a meaningful and worthwhile contribution to their communities. The RCVs are provided with training in Red Cross Fundamental Principles, International Humanitarian Law (IHL), Leadership Training, Refresher Courses and program specific training.

They assist with the following CRC Programs:

•	Cambodia Mine/UXO Victim Information System (CMVIS) Currently there are 786 Volunteers working in 21 provinces to maintain a system for the collection, storage and dissemination of information relating to mine/UXO casualties in Cambodia. Not only do they undertake current mine/UXO casualty information collection, they verify historical mine/UXO victim information, refer disabled people to rehabilitation agencies and report unexploded landmines and UXOs to mine action agencies.
•	Community Based Disaster Preparedness (CBDP) Currently there are 730 Volunteers working in 9 provinces. CRC volunteers work with communiites to develop low-cost ‘micro--projects’, which reduce vulnerability at the village level. A preparedness training curriculum, as a component of the CBDP program, was developed through a participatory process at the village level to identify and address community issues. Training and mitigation solutions (micro-projects) are implemented in target communities using local community resources..
•	HIV/ AIDS The Goal of the HIV/AIDS program is to contribute to the National Health Strategy to reduce the impact of the HIV/AIDS infection on the vulnerable through effective community based prevention, advocacy and support projects for high risk groups. Currently there are 76 Volunteers working in two provinces to disseminate HIV/AIDS/STD information through role-play, games, posters, pamphlets and workshops. Volunteers work throughout the communities in schools and workplaces.
•	Land Mine Awareness (LMA) There are 500 LMA Volunteers working throughout 6 provinces throughout the community disseminating Land Mine Awareness - in schools, in the field, at home, in groups - through media, especially targeting newcomers to the highrisk areas. They train communities about issues including: mine recognition, UXO recognition, the consequence of mine and UXO injury, superstition and bravery, how to travel in unknown areas, areas likely to be mined, mine warning signs, how to evacuate from a mined field and how to report a mine or UXO.
•	Primary Health Care Working in two provinces, there are 181 Volunteers promoting and providing health promotion education services throughout communities using posters, leaflets, training and by talking to people. CRC’s health activities in the community include – community based first aid, community based primary health care in urban and rural settings and blood donor recruitment. As well as these activities, trained volunteers educate the communities on preventative health care against infectious epidemics including dengue fever, cholera, malaria and STDs.

GOAL
Promote CRC Volunteers to become a source of motivation, inspiration and initiatives for delivery of services to the most vulnerable people.

OBJECTIVE
To improve the management of Red Cross volunteer in 10 targets provinces with the cooperation and input of partners (PNS, government) working in the branch project activities.

NETWORK
At present, Cambodian Red Cross has the Red Cross Volunteer programme in 24 Provinces/ town with 5,778 volunteers (2,677 are females) Red Cross Volunteers who are serving the humanitarian activities through the projects in community.

The RCV program works closely with the IFRC and Swedish Red Cross for funding and support. They also cooperate with Ministry of Health and authorizes in each Commune.

Number of Volunteers working on each program:

•	Cambodia Mine/UXO Victim Information System (CMVIS)	786
•	Community Based Disaster Preparedness (CBDP)	730
•	HIV/ AIDS	76
•	Land Mine Awareness (LMA)	500
•	Primary Health Care	181