ceremony to present an honorable Labor Medal to the  Japan Relief  Clothing  Center (JRCC) Management team

On the 8th of October, The Lao Red Cross, led by Dr. Snivourast  SRAMANY, President of the Lao Red Cross,  organized a ceremony to present an honorable Labor Medal to the  Japan Relief  Clothing  Center (JRCC) Management team, led by the  President Mr. Kazuo  KASUGA.
Presenting in the meeting from  LRC side, there were Dr. Boulakoth Keomayphit, Vice President of the Lao Rd Cross and the senior representatives of 5 divisions and staff of the LRC HQ.

The President of the Lao Red Cross expressed, on behalf of Lao Government as well as  the Lao Red ofLao Government as well as  the Lao Red Cross,   a  welcoming to Mr. Kazuo KASUGA, the President of the JRCC, Mr. Yusuke TOYODA, Secretary General and  your Delegation team,  for this remarkable visit.   

As we  are aware that,  the Lao Red Cross is one of the social organization in Lao PDR, has the role as auxiliary to the government in humanitarian work, to help the most vulnerable people in remote areas  and during the time of the disaster hit.

Since the beginning of year 2001 LRC and its partners focused on the four core Programmer areas, which mentioned in the 1st Strategic Plan (2001-2005)  such as:  

• Disaster Preparedness and Response
• Community health promotion and blood program
• Information and fund raising
• Organizational Development and International Relations

More over the second  Strategic Plan (2006-2010) of the Lao Red Cross , all the above mentioned  core areas have to be continued ,  followed and implemented.

As we can see the Disaster Preparedness is one of the priorities  of the LRC, in order to cope with disaster response on time in providing relief items to the victims.

The   JRCC support in kind of clothes is also an outstanding support in the disaster preparedness.

The JRCC has supported LRC from 1993 until now.  Besides LRC headquarters, the number of 14 Lao Red Cross provincial branches have also received the such support, with the total amount so far  of more than  USD 350,000.

In order to achieve successfully this mandate, the Lao Red Cross also has contributed the transportation cost with the amount more than 150 million kip, to deliver the relief clothes to the vulnerable people in the remote areas, 

The very huge support above from JRCC has proved the very good cooperation and assistance to Lao Red Cross  as well as Lao people as a whole, of which we really acknowledge this support, as it is one of the many components  to contribute to the poverty reduction in Lao PDR.

In order to certify the very good cooperation of the JRCC, the Lao government as well as Lao Red Cross took the opportunity  to award a honorable  Labor Medal  to the President of JRCC, Mr. Kazuo KASUGA,  for  the very kind attempt to support Lao Red Cross.

On behalf of the Lao Government as well as  the Lao Red Cross, we would like to express our  sincere appreciation to the JRCC for their valuable contributions to the poverty reduction of the  Lao people. We look forward for a long lasting partnership and cooperation of JRCC organization  in the successful implementation of the Lao government  development goals, to overcome all the challenges and to have opportunities to serve the most vulnerable people in remote areas.

The Lao Red Cross took this opportunity to express and send the  great thanks to the Japanese Government and Japanese people for the long lasting friendship, cooperation and support.
 
The Lao Red Cross has also organized a Baci ceremony for welcoming and greetings all the guests, following Lao tradition.

Next day the delegation team of JRCC led by the Senior Management of the Lao Red Cross, Dr. Boualakot Keomayphit, went to Vientiane province to distribute some relief clothes to the people in 3 villages of Vang vieng district.