Action in the field Fifty-nine projects around the world received
support under the Capacity Building Fund (CFB)
mechanism in 2022. In Central America, this
includes five out of six of the National Societies.
The
Guatemalan Red Cross , through a Capacity
Building Fund project, significantly advanced
on expanding the services of its Clinic Centre.
Other examples in the National Societies of
the Caribbean are the
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cross , which were awarded
50,000 Swiss francs by the Capacity Building
Fund, supporting the installation of a 15,000-watt
rooftop solar panel system, with expected car-
bon reduction. Other National Societies worked
under the Capacity Building Fund funding
system to develop community early warning
and early action systems, as in
Guyana and
Jamaica . Thanks to this initiative, the
Jamaica Red Cross Society expanded its ambulance
coverage. In
Malaysia , the IFRC supported the
National Society on financial sustainability : a
resource-mobilization road map, with a total
amount of 53,000 Swiss francs. Likewise, in
Ecuador , the Capacity Building Fund sponsored
the acquisition of five ultrasound scanners
for the National Society medical centres In
Colombia , a Capacity Building Fund grant was
approved for the implementation of the National
Society’s initiative to promote local sustainability
and organizational modernization initiatives in
some branches. Other countries participating
under the Capacity Building Fund were
Ghana ,
Benin ,
DRC ,
Burundi and
Rwanda .
Afghanistan is one of the 14 countries where
the
New Way of Working was piloted. The National
Society branches and volunteers were deeply
involved in both operational plan development
and humanitarian services delivery. Furthermore,
the
