Georgia Red Cross Society’s Emergency Response to COVID-19 Georgia Red Cross Society’s Emergency Response to COVID-19 Georgia Red Cross Society (GRCS) has applied to the Embassy of Sweden in Tbilisi for funding of one million and twenty thousand SEK to contribute to the "Georgia Red Cross Society’s Emergency Response to COVID-19" in Georgia during the period of three months, May-July 2020. 

The intervention aims at contribute to preventing the spread of the Coronavirus and staying healthy by following: 1) Basic human needs of those affected by the new coronavirus outbreak have been met through provision of Red Cross services (food distribution, psychological first aid, psychosocial support, stress management, healthy lifestyle, incl. personal hygiene, etc.),  as well as personal protective equipment to volunteer workers and Red Cross staff; 2) Raised awareness of the general public, local communities, mass media, and civil society sector through information campaigns as well as online training carried out by well mobilized and trained Red Cross and community volunteers. 

The GRCS's open emergency plan with total budget is around 7.5 million SEK, for which the GRCS has made an open call and till now managed to mobilize already more than 6 million SEK. Among other donors, the Embassy of Swiss Confederation in Georgia and USAID Georgia have  already  contributed to the GRCS response plan. Georgiska Röda Korset (GRCS) har ansökt om stöd från svenska ambassaden i Tbilisi om en budget på 1 020 000 MSEK för att bidra till organisationens kris- och beredskapsrespons för COVID-19 , under perioden maj - juli 2020.

Insatsen syfte är att bidra till att förebygga spridning av coronaviruset samt att upprätthålla en god  folkhälsa genom följande målsättningar: 
1) Möta grundläggande mänskliga behov bland den del av befolkningen drabbats hårt av det nya Coronaviruset, genom Röda Korsets tjänster (matdistribution, första hjälpen till psykologiskt drabbade, psykosocialt stöd, stresshantering, hälsosam livsstil inklusive personlig hygien, osv.), även skyddsutrustning till volontärer och Röda Korsets personal; 
2) Öka medvetenheten inom samhället genom informationskampanjer och webbaserade utbildningar genomförda av mobiliserade och utbildade Röda Korset- och samhällsvolontärer.

GRCS:s  kris- och beredskapsrespons  för COVID-19 har en total budget på 7,5 MSEK, varav drygt 6 MSEK hittills har mobiliserats genom öppet. Bland andra bidragsgivarna återfinns bland andra  USAID och den schweiziska ambassaden i Georgien. The intervention aims to contribute to the prevention of the COVID-19 spread and staying healthy by following: 
1) Basic human needs of those affected by the new corona virus outbreak have been met through provision of Red Cross services (food distribution, psychological first aid, psychosocial support, stress management, healthy lifestyle, including personal hygiene, etc.), as well as personal protective equipment to volunteer workers and Red Cross staff;
2) Raised awareness of the general public, local communities, mass media, and civil society sector through information campaigns as well as online training carried out by well mobilized and trained Red Cross and community volunteers.