Maria de Jesus Simões Barroso Soares - Pro Dignitate

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