Since 1994, Disaster Preparedness
and Relief has been a major area of work for the Macau Red Cross._
It was introduced to offer financial support to the International Federation
of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the Red Cross Society of
China for their work in relieving disaster-afflicted areas in Mainland
China and around the world._ Also, the
Macau Red Cross has rallied the Macau community to donate money or material
goods to support the disaster-relief efforts.
In recent years, the Macau Red Cross
has participated in numerous disaster-relief operations worldwide, including:
the 1996 Earthquake in Yunnan Province, China; the 1998 Floods in Central
China; the 1999 Earthquake in Taiwan; the 2000 Armed Conflicts in Kosovo;
the 2002 Floods in Eastern China; the 2003 Floods along the Wai River;
the 2004 Floods in China and the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami;
the 2006 Earthquake in Jawa Tengah province, Indonesia; the 2007 Puer
Earthquake in Yunnan province, China; the 2008 Snowstorm Disaster in
China and the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in Sichuan province of China.
In 2010, we also responded actively to the disaster-relief operations
in the typhoon in Taiwan, the Haiti earthquake, the drought in south-west
region and the Qinghai earthquake of China.
Following the
principles of the International Red Cross/ Red Crescent Movement to
prevent and alleviate human suffering, and in order to better promote
the Red Cross¡¦s humanitarian and caring spirit, Macau Red Cross founded
a Disaster-Relief Fund in 2001._ This fund
has since allowed us to provide immediate response to disasters, while
improving our schemes of disaster relief and preparation and post-relief
reconstruction.
