Red Cross gets Japanese grant to buy an ambulance

THE Guyana Red Cross Society has received a grant of US$6,1478 from the Government of Japan, for the procurement of an ambulance to be used for first aid services. Japanese Ambassador to Guyana, Mr. Yoshimasa Tezuka and Secretary General of Guyana Red Cross Society, Mrs. Dorothy Fraser, signed the documents for receipt of the cheque on Monday.
The assistance is for the Grass-Roots Human Security Project, designed to promote grass-roots projects worldwide by assisting non-profit organisations, the envoy said.
This particular programme will allow the Red Cross to improve the quality of its first aid services and better equip it to save lives, he explained.
Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, who was present at the signing, expressed his gratitude to the Government of Japan for, yet again, assisting the sector.
He acknowledged that the Red Cross has kept volunteerism alive and commended its efforts in doing so.
Ramsaran also said the Ministry of Health will extend a helping hand to the Red Cross for it to collaborate in the training of its personnel in the proper use of the ambulance.
The vehicle will benefit the First Aid Department of the Red Cross Society, tremendously, since it offers first aid posts to many national events, like Mashramani, GuyExpo, schools sports and motor racing, to name a few.
Such first aid posts are manned by Red Cross staff and volunteers who have been trained in mass causality management, as well.