OCHA Situation Report No. 4 Georgia - Drought 23 October 2000
Donor response to the drought affecting Georgia 1. Georgia is being plagued by a severe drought that has already damaged a significant portion of the wheat and sunflower crops, as well as winter pasturelands. Last week, the OCHA Office in Georgia reported the following information on the pledges and/or contributions received so far to assist the country: Pledges/Contributions for the seed programme as a response to the FAO appeal for the drought Donor Currency Amount Value in USD Purpose Switzerland USD 320,000 320,000 FAO winter wheat seed United States USD 675,000 675,000 FAO winter wheat seed Greece USD 250,000 (Seeds) spring planting in Tsalka FAO (Disaster USD 270,480 270,480 Winter wheat seed Fund) programme United UK Pounds 1,000,000 680,000 to Winter wheat seed Kingdom to 1,020,000 programme 1,500,000 Bilateral pledges/contributions for the seed programme Donor Currency Amount Purpose Details United States USD 650,000 Purchase seeds, USAID, implemented fuel, fertilizer by Save the Children through local via implementing channels NGOs United States USD 1,800,000 Subsidized credit USAID, implemented to commercial by Save the Children farmers via implementing NGOs ECHO USD 350,000 Animal fodder ECHO, via Save the Children Turkey Food Aid 10 tons of sunflower oil, 10 tons of beans, 20 tons of wheat flour Turkey USD 1,000,000 Diesel, winter wheat seed Germany DM 1,000,000 Purchase of seeds 1,100 tons of wheat seed (Dusheti, Gurjaani), through GTZ Pledges/contributions to the WFP appeal Donor Currency Amount Value in USD Purpose Details Italy USD 600,000 600,000 WFP emergency Supplying food aid and programme distributing cereals and/or wheat flour 2. For coordination purposes, donors are requested to inform OCHA Geneva, as indicated below, of bilateral relief missions/pledges/contributions and their corresponding values by item. 3. This situation report, together with further information on ongoing emergencies, is also available on the OCHA Internet Website at http://www.reliefweb.int. Telephone: +41-22-917 12 34 Fax: +41-22-917 00 23 In case of emergency only: Tel. +41-22-917 20 10 Desk Officer : Mr. Sergio Piazzi, Mr. Dusan Zupka Direct Tel. +41-22-917 2461 Press contact: (in GVA) Mr. Donato Kiniger-Passigli direct Tel. +41-22-917 26 53 (in NY) Ms. Phyllis Lee direct Tel. +1-212-963 48 32 distributed by - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Volunteers in Technical Assistance Disaster Information Center lists: www.vita.org/listsub.htm sitreps nat-dsr web: www.vita.org fireline - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -