Amanpour and Company

>> AS LEBANESE RED CROSS AND ACCORDING TO THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF RED CROSS AT PRESENT WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE A HOPE. WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MOVEMENT OF RED CROSS AT PRESENT TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS OUR CHALLENGE. WHEN WE START RESPONDING ONE YEAR AGO AND IT WAS A TRAGEDY, A DISASTER DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT'S GOING ON, AND WE AT NIGHT ONLY, NOT TALKING SECOND DAY OR 2600 -- AND BETWEEN THEM SOME COVID CASES FROM ICU, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE HOSPITALS --. AND ALSO WE TRIED TO HELP THE COMMUNITY IN GIVING CASH FOR 11,000 FAMILIES. SO WE AT LEBANESE RED CROSS, WE TRIED TO HELP THE COMMUNITY SAVING LIVES AND PROTECTING THE DIGNITY OF THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING IN PRIMARY HEALTH AND BALANCE SERVICE, BLOOD FOR HOSPITALS ALSO FOR THESE PEOPLE. AND OF COURSE IN RELIEF. AND ESPECIALLY AND AS YOU MENTION IN YOUR PROGRAMS, MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SUPPORT AND RESTORING FAMILY LINKS. >> YOU KNOW, GEORGE, YOU ARE TRYING TO GIVE HELP. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHAT THE RED CROSS DOES AROUND THE WORLD AND YOU ARE TRYING TO GIVE HOPE YOU. SAW IN OUR REPORT FROM BEN WEDEMAN HOPE IS IN VERY SHORT SUPPLY. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE RED CROSS. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE PROVIDED SOMETHING LIKE 80% OF THE AMBULANCE SERVICES. IN A COUNTRY WHERE 80% OF THE HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CENTERS ARE PRIVATE. THIS IS STUFF THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DOING. NOT NECESSARILY THE RED CROSS. EXPLAIN WHAT IT TAKES WHEN THE RED CROSS SUDDENLY BECOMES THE MAIN PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR. >> THE RED CROSS ROLE WAS REPLACING THE GOVERNMENT, ESPECIALLY THE MUNICIPALS THROUGH AN AGREEMENT IN AMBULANCE SERVICE. YOU CALL 140, LIKE 9-1-1, THE RED CROSS WILL RESPOND. NEUTRAL, IMPARTIAL TO TRY TO BE RESPECTED AND TRUSTED BY THE COMMUNITY. ALSO WE'RE LEADING IN THE BLOOD BANK WHERE WE HAVE 13 IN THE COUNTRY. AND I MENTIONED PRIMARY SUPPORT AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND RELIEF AND OTHERS. THE ROLE OF THE RED CROSS IN GENERAL AND THE ROLE OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE RED CROSS AND SUPPORTED BY THE FEDERATION, WE ARE TRYING ALWAYS AS I SAY TO COMPLEMENT O AND TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. OUR ROLE IS TO GIVE, TO PROTECT THIS DIGNITY AND AS YOU MENTION, WHEN THE GOVERNMENT OR THE STATE WILL REDUCE THE MISSION, WE WILL INCREASE OUR RESPONSE.