PROG 2017-2021_RWANDA_OUTCOME 2_Lay people, Red Cross staff & volunteers have adequate, up-to-date and evidence based knowledge, skills & attitudes to provide first aid to those in need by 2021, thus enhancing community level resilience and emergency care capacity.

Belgian Red Cross-Flanders (BRC-FL) has collaborated with Rwanda Red Cross Society (RRCS) between 2003 and 2010. Until today, the results of this collaboration can be seen in the First Aid (FA) service of RRCS. Between 2017 and 2021, the cooperation will focus on first aid training and water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH) as those are, according to the World Bank, two of the cheapest ways to increase public health in developing countries. Moreover, the program directly contributes to the Joint Strategic Goal (JSG) 4 and indirectly to JSG’s 1 and 7 of the Rwandan Joint Strategic Framework (JSF). First Aid is a priority activity for all Red Cross Societies worldwide, and especially relevant in Rwanda, because of frequent disasters and lack of health infrastructure and services. BRC-Fl has extensive expertise in FA education, assuring that what is thought, is conform to the latest scientific evidence. This significantly increases the effectiveness of the intervention and allows RRCS to reach at least 10.405 beneficiaries with FA assistance in times of need.