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Annual Report 
2022

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benefitted from the construction of an incinera-
tor for biomedical waste and sanitation facilities 
were improved in three health facilities.
The Ecuadorian Red Cross completed a diagnosis 
of Water Quality and Sanitation in schools and 
health centres in six provinces. The improve-
ment of water and sanitation services will be 
carried out in alliance with the Water Regulation 
and Control Agency.
When cholera emerged in Lebanon, the 
Lebanese Red Cross focused on providing infor-
mation about cholera prevention measures and 
symptoms. These visits provided support to the 
cholera vaccination campaign in highly affected 
areas and helped identify and refer symptomatic 
individuals.
Humanitarian assistance and 
protection for people on the move
Humanitarian assistance is being provided 
through Humanitarian Service Points in 
Democratic Republic of Congo, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, and Honduras.
In Niger, displaced people not housed in camps 
were provided with humanitarian assistance and 
protection, including free medical and psychoso-
cial care, food provision and awareness sessions 
for healthy behaviour.
In Guatemala, through the National Society’s 
Humanitarian Service Points, people were 
supported with pre-hospital care, psychosocial 
support, restoring family links, medical care, psy-
chological first aid, and humanitarian assistance 
(hygiene and primary health care kits).
Cash and voucher assistance
Cash distributions activities under the PPP 
started in Burkina Faso, Eswatini, Honduras, 
Niger, Somalia and South Sudan.
In Burkina Faso, cash and voucher assistance 
was used for food assistance and to repair dam-
age caused by floods.
The National Society in Honduras is piloting 
other innovative cash mechanisms such as 
gift cards for people on the move, and is also 
developing a Cash Plus support component for 
school re-insertion, livelihoods protection, and 
business training.
Risk communication, community 
engagement and accountability
More than 1 million people were reached with 
a perception survey that indicated that 74.9 per 
cent of respondents think that the assistance 
provided by the Burkinabe Red Cross Society 
is very good and 98.9 per cent say they trust 
the information provided by the Burkinabe Red 
Cross Society.
In Palestine, the National Society is collecting 
community insights through satisfaction sur-
veys and continuous analysis of rumours and 
perceptions.
In Kyrgyzstan, community information is system-
atically collected, analyzed, including feedback, 
rumours, and perceptions, to inform community 
engagement approaches.