This is a significant change to the structure of the Rwandan Red Cross as it has youths on various levels including, initiatives, education, implementation, and decision-making processes on both the large and small scale.
[1] The Rwandan Red Cross maintains that it is dedicated to aiding individuals and society through organized and collective efforts while ensuring that all persons and communities are treated equally despite various intersectional differences including but not limited to race, gender, political beliefs, religious identity, sexual orientation, etc.
Its intentions are to mitigate bias amongst other types of aid and governmental organizations and to ensure equal, effective, and high standards that all parties are to be held to during times of disaster response.
In a documentary called, The Ghosts of Rwanda, about his time there during the genocide, it was noted that very few international organizations remained in place to provide aid assistance during this crisis.
[1] The ICRC developed a surgical hospital with one team in Kigali, Rwanda allowed for 596 patients with war-related injuries to receive immediate medical care onsite.
With combined international and local efforts, they created a program that was meant to track children and families in an attempt to reunite them.
[7] The rest of the children that had not yet been reunited were part of a photo tracing effort with UNICEF to create broader outreach in helping them find their families.
[8] The Rwandan Red Cross conducted a survey and found that the efficacy of the program was significant and that citizens knew what AIDS was through the broadcasting outlets.
[8] A study found that the RRC interventions and education awareness destigmatized conversations regarding HIV making them more frequent and less taboo.
[12] The AFD received these funds through a 2 million Euro grant provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
[12] The grant was aimed to provide in-kind support for families around the country and assist with the Rwandan Red Cross's low resource supply.
[12] In October 2022, the Rwandan Red Cross partnered with the Saving Lives and Livelihoods Program (SLL) and the Africa Center for Disease Control.
The RCC is connected to this as one of the goals of the organization is harm reduction and strengthening humanitarian efforts in conjunction with innovation necessary for development.
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