Community Based Health and First Aid in Mongolia Project - Final Evaluation

Mongolian Red Cross Society implemented the “Community Based Health and First Aid in Mongolia” project financed by Finnish Red Cross and IFRC/RCS from 2010 to 2012. Objective of the project is to provide supports to reduce health vulnerability of households through developing knowledge, awareness and practical skills to provide first aid to him/herself or to others until having appopriate medical care and, to organize activities to prevent from possible disasters and injury in order to decrease severity when sudden disasters and disease occurred to people. Outcome of the project is toimprove knowledge, awareness and practical skills on health and first aid of the 6500 households and 8000 teenagers in high school of 12 soums, where the project was implemented, through developing their community based health and first aid knowledge. For this purpose, many activities are planned to be organized includinghousehold visits, community dialogues, community mobilization activities, trainings and simulation exercises, activities at the schools. Community participation evaluation shall expand evaluation means of vulnerability and capacity.