Empress Shôken Fund 100th Distribution Announcement
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The Fund
The Empress Shôken Fund is named after Her Majesty the Empress of Japan, who proposed – at the 9th International Conference of the Red Cross – the creation of an international fund to promote relief work in peacetime.
It is administered by the Joint Commission of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross, which maintains close contact with the Japanese Permanent Mission in Geneva, the Japanese Red Cross Society and the Meiji Jingu Research Institute in Japan.
The Fund has a total value of over 16 million Swiss francs and supports projects run by National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to benefit their communities in various ways. The first grant was awarded in 1921, to help five European National Societies fight the spread of tuberculosis.
Throughout 2020, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), together with the South Sudan Red Cross (SSRC), remained active and committed to reaching families and communities affected by conflict, armed violence and floods across South Sudan despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. We met their urgent humanitarian needs, helped protect their lives and dignity as
South Sudanese face life-threatening food shortages as harvests fall by 50% - South Sudan reliefweb.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reliefweb.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
South Sudan: Floods intensify impact of hunger and insecurity - Operational Update humanitariannews.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from humanitariannews.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.