Core Contribution to Swiss Red Cross 2025-2028

• The SRC, in partnershipw ith3 0 SNSs enableda ccess for over 4.3 million people to quality health services and primary preventioni n the areas of reproductiveh ealth, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, WASH, ageing and health, blood safety and availability, and eye health. For example, in the field of reproductive health, over 500,000 people benefited from reproductive health education and behavior change activities, whereas nearly 200,000, people accessed reproductive health care consultations. As a result and depicting the impact in Togo and Laos, 80% and respectively 91% of children under the age of six months, were exclusively breastfed, which is an increase of 11% in both cases compared to 2022. 120'000 people were reached with COVID-19 interventions aimed at improving their health condition and economic situation. Additionally, over 6.5 million excluded people accessed social health protection services through health passes and transportation vouchers
• In 11 countries the SRC supported over 530’000 people in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, including through promoting local functional committees for disaster preparedness and risk-informeda nd climate-resilient infrastructure at community and household levels. Nearly 230’000 people benefitted from emergency response measures implemented directly by the SNSs in partnership with the SRC. Individual cash and voucher support amounting to over 5 million CHF was provided to disaster and crises affected people including in Ukraine. SRC also supported IFRC’s disaster interventions through secondments of experts and financial contributions to the global disaster risk emergency fund (DREF).
• On National Society Development, the SRC extended its technical and financial support to 30 SNSs improving governance structures, focusing on branch development, and jointly with the SNSs addressed questions of long-term financial and operational sustainability.

1. Health: The health status of vulnerable people has improved.
2. Disaster risk management: The resilience of people, groups and communities is strengthened.
3. International migration: Migrants feel safe, live with dignity, have choice and opportunity at every stage of their journey.
4. National Society Development: Sister National Societies fulfil their potential as effective local actors, by investing in their long-term development and programs tailored to context, needs and priorities.

The role of Swiss NGOs in the implementation of the Swiss IC Strategy 2025-28 shall be strengthened through:

a) Sharpening the narrative on the importance of the core contribution,

b) An inclusive policydialogue,

c) Locally led development, and

d) Potential adaptations of programmes and approaches (reforms in the larger sense).