Russian Federation: Chechnya [InterAction: 21-Aug-96]
Russian Federation: Chechnya [InterAction: 21-Aug-96]
Situation Report: CHECHNYA
A guide to relief efforts of InterAction Member Agencies
No. 1
August 1996 [rcvd: 21-Aug-96]
Produced by the Disaster Response Unit of InterAction
American Council for Voluntary International Action
http://www.interaction.org
ALPHABETICAL INDEX
The following InterAction members are providing relief assistance to the
areas affected by the conflict in Chechnya:
Adventist Development and Relief Agency International
Church World Service
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres USA
Episcopal Church/Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief
International Orthodox Christian Charities
Adventist Development and Relief Agency International
Contact: Tamara Pleitez
12501 Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Tel: 301/680-6340
Fax: 301/680-6370
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has distributed food to
more than 96,000 victims of the conflict in Chechnya. In addition, ADRA
has coordinated the distribution of more than 80 tons of food, clothing,
and emergency supplies to survivors of the Sakahline Island earthquake.
(4/96) (see also: Russia & the NIS and Central Asia reports)
Church World Service
475 Riverside Drive, Room 626
New York, NY 10115
Tel: 212/870-2667
Fax: 212/870-2922
Church World Service and Witness of the NCCCUSA has responded to the
humanitarian needs arising from natural and human-created disasters. In
1995, efforts included responses to Chechnya, Armenia, Georgia, the
Sakhalin Island earthquake. (4/96) (See also: Russia and the NIS report )
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres USA
Contact:Samantha Bolten (media)
Steve O'Malley (all other)
11 East 26th Street, Suite 1904
New York, NY 10010
Tel: 212/679-6800
Fax: 212/679-7016
MSF has been working in the Caucasus (Chechnya, Daghestan, Ingushetia, and
Ossetia) since 1993. MSF works to provide medical and sanitation
assistance where necessary. These programs have been supplemented by food
distribution in certain areas. The regional coordination team for the
Caucasus is based in Piatigrosk. These programs are funded by the EU and
individual donations from private citizens. A total of 19 expatriate
staff and more than 50 local staff are in the region.
CHECHNYA
Projects in Chechnya were suspended in June 1996 after a deterioration in
the security situation. Prior to the suspension of activities, MSF had
projects in Grozny and Vedeno.
In Grozny, the medical program consists of managing the operation of the
Number 9 hospital, including the supply of medicines, urgent surgical and
sanitation equipment and rehabilitation at the private general hospitals
in the city. The sanitation program supplies water in different areas of
the town and helps to rehabilitate the water transportation system.
During the winter, the food program provided 1,500 hot meals each day and
distributed dry food to the social institutions in the city. Eight
expatriate staff are based in Grozny as are 40 local staff.
In Vedeno, the team manages the medical care and rehabilitation at the
local hospital and distributes dry food. Three expatriate staff and 10
local staff are based in Vedeno.
DAGHESTAN
MSF's Medical Program provides care for Chechen refugees in Daghestan and
operates clinics in Nozajurt. The sanitation program includes
rehabilitation of the sanitary system at the refugee collective centers.
Dry food is distributed in Nozajurt. Three expatriate staff are based in
Daghestan.
OSSETIA
MSF provides medical assistance to refugees from the region of Prigorodny.
One expatriate staff member is based in Ossetia. (7/96) (see also:
Russia & the NIS and Central Asia reports)
Episcopal Church/Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief
815 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212/922-5153
Fax: 212/983-6377
In 1995, the Presiding Bishop's Fund provided $25,000 to Church World
Service to be used in Chechnya to assist in meeting emergency needs
resulting from the war. (4/96) (see also: Russia & the NIS report)
International Orthodox Christian Charities
711 West 40th Street
Suite 306
Baltimore, MD 21211
Tel: 410/243-9820
Fax: 410/243-9824
INGUSHETIA/NORTH OSSETIA
In the Ingushetia and North Ossetia regions of Russia, the two-phase Food
and Hygiene Aid to Refugees from Chechnya program provided over 10,000
people with 41,769 tons of food, 16,352 tons of hygiene assistance, 6,735
sets of children's clothing and underwear, 2,000 sets of bed linens and
500 water pails and jerry cans in the first phase.
Phase II included the delivery of fresh vegetables to soup kitchens
serving over 1500 persons per month, the procurement of warm clothing,
boots and sanitary articles for about 700 children and elderly. Nearly
1,000 people benefited from a two-month supply of supplementary food,
including rice, buckwheat, and sugar, and 500 children were provided with
a two-month ration of milk. Local initiatives, including a bakery in a
local sanitarium, were supported. The program, valued at $200,000 for
Phase I and $412,282 for Phase II, was funded by Action by Churches
Together (ACT) and implemented with the assistance of the Russian Orthodox
Church and the V. Polyianichko Fund, a local NGO.
Due to IOCC's presence and humanitarian aid program in the Chechnya
region, UNHCR approached IOCC to act as monitors of the implementation of
its commodities in that region to about 4,000 refugee and IDP families in
North Ossetia during December 1995 and January 1996. Security conditions
resulting from the tensions caused by attacks on border posts and airports
in North Ossetia, Ingushetia and Chechnya by Chechnen fighters complicate
efforts. Tightened security restricting the movement of aid workers, the
needs of the refugees and displaced persons from previous conflicts in the
area, and the lack of response for funding of humanitarian efforts in the
donor community remain of special concern. (4/96)
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