De Vaungh Lewis, staff/volunteer of the GRCS, has been deployed since March 9 and he is stationed in the IT & TELECOM Department assisting in radio communications, computer networking and repairs.
This is the second request from the International Federation for Lewis’s assistance since his Regional Intervention Teams (RIT) training, his first being in The Bahamas after the hurricane in 2008, a press release from the Guyana Red Cross Society said.
The Haitian National Red Cross Society, the largest community humanitarian organization in Haiti, has been on the ground helping those affected since the earthquake struck, and continue to be at the heart of the operation.
Furthermore, sister Red Cross and Red Crescent societies have shown their support by sending staff and equipment as required.
Regional Intervention Teams (RITs) is a response tool of the International Federation based on a human resources network, available in a short period of time with highly qualified personnel who operate in different areas of humanitarian work in case of disasters. They belong to the National Societies of the Americas which have been trained under Federation standards to carry out preparation for response and intervention in case of disasters.
The release also noted that they are formed and work adequately with the Federation response tools and are activated per request of national societies affected by a disaster or in case of imminent necessity.
In the meantime, the Guyana Red Cross Society is continuing its mission by mobilizing the power of humanity by deploying their collective capacities to help wherever and whenever it is most needed in situations of greatest vulnerability.
