Maria de Jesus Simões Barroso Soares - Pro Dignitate
Maria de Jesus Simões Barroso Soares - Pro Dignitate
Maria de Jesus Simões Barroso Soares - Pro Dignitate
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� Financial support of 70000 euros to the Rehabilitation <strong>Pro</strong>gram of Primary<br />
Schools in El Salvador, <strong>de</strong>stroyed by the Mitch typhoon.<br />
Still in the field of International Cooperation, in 2002, the first ‘Iberian<br />
Conference on Volunteer Work’ took place with the participation of 100 Spanish<br />
volunteers and 500 Portuguese from the PRC.<br />
� Signature of the Cooperation <strong>Pro</strong>tocol with the Spanish Red Cross, covering a<br />
variety of fields.<br />
� Joint participation of three <strong>de</strong>legations of the PRC and of some SRC from<br />
Castile and Lion in the INTERREG III Community Initiative for prevention,<br />
assistance and rehabilitation of the el<strong>de</strong>rly.<br />
� Other initiatives in and out of the country<br />
Important efforts were un<strong>de</strong>rtaken un<strong>de</strong>r all the Portuguese Red Cross<br />
presi<strong>de</strong>ncies and many actions were conducted, around the world, alone or in<br />
cooperation with other national sections, to assist all those who nee<strong>de</strong>d its help.<br />
Brief note of other actions, mainly those un<strong>de</strong>rtaken since July 1997:<br />
� Missions of <strong>de</strong>legates in Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Angola, Croatia and<br />
Guinea Bissau.<br />
� Participation in a fund raising campaign for Angola sponsored by the <strong>Pro</strong>-<br />
<strong>Dignitate</strong> Foundation and the Union of Charities. 120 tons of school supplies<br />
were dispatched to Angola.<br />
� A Telealarm Service protocol was signed. This service, based at the<br />
Portuguese Red Cross National Headquarters, inclu<strong>de</strong>d in the ‘Integrated<br />
Assistance to the el<strong>de</strong>rly’, aims at the assistance to the el<strong>de</strong>rly and to people<br />
with a mental, physical or social disability – November 1997<br />
� Creation of a Home Assistance service at the Lisbon Branch in cooperation<br />
with “Santa Casa da Misericordia <strong>de</strong> Lisboa” (Charity). This service was<br />
implemented in areas such as S. Francisco Xavier, Santa <strong>Maria</strong> <strong>de</strong> Belém and<br />
Ajuda.<br />
� Support to schoolchildren in Guinea, S. Tomé and Mozambique. Shipment of<br />
130 tons of school supplies, as an outcome to the campaign “Educate in<br />
Solidarity” sponsored by the <strong>Pro</strong> <strong>Dignitate</strong> Foundation, Union of the Charities<br />
and Portuguese Red Cross.