Russian Federation

Current Projects

Support for Vulnerable Russian Children
This American Red Cross/Russian Red Cross program emphasizes proactive abandonment-prevention activities in order to reverse the trend of growth in the number of abandoned children in Russia. The project’s objectives are to improve the coping behaviors used by street children to address their basic needs and increase the capacity of at-risk families to care for their children in the home. The program also aims to improve the living conditions and quality of care for institutionalized children and enhance the capacity of Russian Red Cross branches to raise funds through improved grant writing skills.

HIV/AIDS Care and Support Program
The American Red Cross is supporting the Russian Red Cross to conduct an HIV/AIDS care and support project to benefit more than 11,000 people living in Irkutsk City. The Russian Red Cross Visiting Nurse Service, with over 40 years of experience providing home-based care, and the Russian Red Cross youth volunteer network are the frontline implementers of the project. The project’s goal is to achieve improved quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and children born to HIV-infected mothers. The project's objectives are to promote healthy behavior and to develop disease management skills for PLWHA, decrease stigma and discrimination for PLWHA, to reduce the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and to create favorable conditions for normal mental and physical development of children born to HIV positive mothers.

Past Projects

Organizational Development for the Russian Red Cross, Northern Caucasus zone (September 2001 – January 2003)

Supplemental Food Support for Russian Institutions (October 2001 – November 2002)

Emergency Food Distribution Program in Siberia (July 1999 - October 2002)

Organizational Development for the Russian Red Cross, Eastern Siberia Zone (June 2000 - June 2002)

Support to Internally Displaced Persons and Vulnerable Groups in the Northern Caucasus (September 2001 - August 2002)

Astrakhan Visiting Nurses Service for TB Control(May 2001 - July 2002)

Food Support for Russian Orphanages (January 2001 – February 2002)

For more information about Red Cross relief efforts in Russia and Siberia, go to:

American Red Cross Nurse Urges Help for Russia’s Vulnerable Populations

Relief Operation Underway for Russia Flood Victims

Red Cross and USAID Team Up to Fight TB in Russia

More Help Needed to Feed Russian Orphans

Red Cross Helps Russia's Hungry Orphans

Siberians Rebound from Economic Crisis with Food Assistance

American Red Cross International Services in Siberia

Siberian Juvenile Home Survives Russian Economic Crisis with American Red Cross Help

Red Cross Helps Siberia's Most Vulnerable Populations