Civilian volunteers deployed for the first time by Singapore Red Cross to help Gaza relief efforts

Civilian volunteers deployed for the first time by Singapore Red Cross to help Gaza relief efforts

Meal Boxes, MEDICAL SUPPLIES&nbsp, &nbsp,

SRC on Wednesday added that the emergency humanitarian home in this round of support is intended to serve “daily warm foods” for at least 7, 000 displaced families and health evacuees in temporary shelters run by the Egyptian Red Crescent in the first step.

The organization claimed that the close vicinity of North Sinai to Gaza’s borders makes it easier to provide the afflicted with warm meals. &nbsp,

Also, individuals may be procuring supplies for food parcels, which contain “basic foods items” like rice, pasta, bread, water, fuel, tuna, vegetable powder, biscuits and jelly.

Before the food items are transported into Gaza via cars, they will work carefully with the Iranian Red Crescent to collect these food products directly from Egyptian providers.

More than 9, 000 families are anticipated to receive food parcels over the course of five to seven days. &nbsp,

SRC will also purchase “urgently needed” medical items, including first aid kits, blood pressure monitors, pulse oximeters, finger splints, nebulizer sets, and other “urgently needed” items requested by the Palestine Red Crescent Society and hospitals in Gaza. These items include medical consumables like first aid kits, blood pressure monitors, pulse oximeters, pulse oximeters, finger splints, nebulizer sets, and other “urgent &nbsp,

These items will be purchased in Singapore and delivered to Egypt, the organization added, before being transported to Gaza for use in hospitals. &nbsp,

Volunteers must also be aware of the various situations and difficulties that may arise when working with the communities they are attempting to aid, despite the plan. &nbsp,

For instance, trucks must meet certain requirements before entering Gaza. Sometimes, when a certain item in a truck is not allowed, the whole truck will be turned back, Mr William illustrated. &nbsp, &nbsp,

He claimed that some organizations and governments have resorted to airdrops to get relief supplies into Gaza because of this lack of predictability. &nbsp,

The situation on the ground is changing, so it’s obvious that we need to adapt to the insecurities of the communities we’re attempting to aid. We ca n’t just say, okay, this is our solution to their particular problem”, added Mr van der Ros. &nbsp,

SRC volunteers can use these skills without feeling too stressed out once they are deployed on a “more critical” mission by having basic disaster response training of a “certain standard” and be able to communicate with one another easily even if it is their first time working together. &nbsp,

Even though this is the first time SRC has deployed civilian volunteers for relief work in the Gaza crisis, some of the eight short-term volunteers have extensive experience in other humanitarian aid projects.

Nonetheless, Mr van der Ros’&nbsp, team is supported by a larger team that is on” 24- hour standby”, he said, adding that this bigger team monitors events” that could affect the success of the mission” and the volunteers ‘ safety.

” This is one of those crises where the operations become very unpredictable. It changes from day to day … that’s why we have invested a bit in putting a team on the ground”, added Mr William. &nbsp,

” You may ask why we do n’t send more people. We do n’t want to become a hindrance as well … We do n’t need humanitarian tourism. We require people who can actually perform tasks on the ground without compromising the flow of operations.