Kosovo - OFDA: 02-Dec-98
Kosovo - OFDA: 02-Dec-98
USAID/OFDA Kosovo Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) Update
December 2, 1998
DART Visits Village of Llausha
On November 28, Kosovo DART members visited the village of Llausha, two
kilometers south west of Kosovska Mitrovica. DART Kosovo talked to a family
working on the roof of their home. The family said that most of the 300
homes in Llausha suffered severe damage. The UNHCR IDP/shelter survey
reported that 85% of the houses in Llausha had no roofs and fall into
category four or five. In addition, in their section of the village there
are forty houses but only three families have returned. The twelve-member
family, which is living in a two-room structure next to their burned out
house, said they had received assistance just two days before of 50 kilograms
of flour, 1 liter of vegetable oil, sugar, salt, beans, a CRS hygiene pack
two pair of children's boots and some winter clothes from a local
distribution site. (WFP had requested the addition of the village of Llausha
to the list of convoys for the week of November 24-30, since the village
reportedly had not received assistance for some time.)
Kosovo DART Visits Village of Murge
Kosovo DART members also visited the village of Murge, 15 kilometers west of
Klina. The DART was following up on a report by the German NGO Kinderberg
dated November 23, 1998, which reported there were 310 people living in a
railroad tunnel near Murge who had not received assistance. Several
villagers stated that a few months ago there were people in the railroad
tunnel, but they had all returned to the area of Donje Obrinje. The
villagers in Murge said they had received wheat flour earlier in the week
from the Mother Teresa Society (MTS).
Kosovo DART visits village of Donje Obrinje
Kosovo DART members proceeded to the village of Donje Obrinje, 15 miles north
west of Klina. The DART visited a family of eighteen people (seven adults
and 11 children) living in a two room structure. The structure had a mud
floor, brick and mud walls, and a roof made of corn stalks and plastic
sheeting. The family reported they had been living under plastic sheeting
next to their house only two days before. The family had received relief
commodities including wheat flour, milk, beans, and soap at the local
distribution site in Likovac. The family had only a two day supply of food
left and was not sure when the next delivery of aid would occur. Kosovo DART
members plan to return to the village next week to see if additional
commodities arrive.
UNHCR Escorting Convoys Containing P.L. 480 Title II Food
A Catholic Relief Services (CRS) representative told the Kosovo DART that
Montenegrin drivers are refusing to deliver P.L. 480 Title II food
commodities from the port of Bar to Prizren or from Pristina to Prizren
without an escort, due to security concerns. The CRS representative,
however, said UNHCR is meeting the needs for daily convoy escorts from Bar
and Pristina to Prizren. The CRS representative also said that UNHCR has
agreed to provide a convoy leader in Prizren for convoys delivering P.L. 480
Title II and other non-food commodities. The CRS did note they would begin
sending out a total of six convoys a day from Prizren and Pristina by the
middle of December and would therefore require additional convoy escorts.
Curfew for UNHCR-Plated Vehicles
Due to an increase in vehicle vandalism, the head of the UNHCR office in
Pristina announced that all vehicles with UNHCR license plates are now
required to be off the streets and in garages by 10:00 p.m. This curfew
affects both vehicles owned by UNHCR and vehicles owned by NGOs, which have
UNHCR license plates. Earlier in the week, KDOM, OSCE, WFP, and several NGOs
reported slashed tires and broken windows on vehicles parked either in front
of their headquarters or in downtown Pristina. In addition, the UNHCR
declared that all UNHCR plated vehicles must have an international staff
member aboard during all travel around Kosovo.
NGOs and IOs Report Delays in Visa Approvals
Several NGOs and international organizations reported to the DART Kosovo
information officer that they are experiencing delays in the approval of
visas for international staff members. A World Food Program representative
reported that they have a person in Rome who has been waiting four weeks for
a visa. The WFP representative also reported having a similar problem in
August. IRC reports that several of their employees are having to wait up to
a month or more for approval of visas. They currently have two individuals
who submitted their visa applications over three weeks ago. IRC is submitting
visas applications in Nairobi, London, Rome, and Washington. In total, IRC
said they have seven people with applications still pending. In addition,
Medecins du Monde/France (MDM/F) says that when applying for visas through
Paris they are experiencing delays of six to eight weeks. A Danish Refugee
Council representative reports no delays in their visa applications but did
say when international staff are applying for multiple entry visas the FRY
visa office is asking for information on the type and number of vehicles they
are bringing in, and the salaries and home addresses of their local and
international staff.
Convoy Reports for November 26-December 2, 1998
November 26, 1998
1.
Location: Zur - municipality of Pec
Beneficiaries: 700 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 1 truck (500 kg sugar, 300 kg salt, 300 kg milk powder, 400 kg beans,
1100 packs of soup, 400 kg detergent, 1500 bars of soap, 1100 pair of
footwear/boots and shoes, 200 kg supplemental food, 100 bags of clothes)
CRS - 1 truck (90 packs of soap, 10 bags of footwear, 30 blankets, 1430 kg of
clothes)
UNHCR - 1 truck (256 hygienic napkins, 10 bales of clothes, 100 shelter kits,
192 HDRs)
Total food items: 2 MT
Total non-food: 7.9 MT
2.
Location: Urosevac - municipality of Urosevac
Beneficiaries: 13,000 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 1 truck (3000 kg sugar, 170 kg rice, 1500 kg salt, 2004 kg milk powder,
2010 kg beans, 14400 packs of soup, 2340 kg detergent, 3000 bars of soap,
4000 pair of footwear/boots, 1000 blankets, 150 bags of clothes, 60 packs of
cheese)
CRS - 1 truck (90 packs of soap, 10 bags of footwear, 30 blankets, 1150 kg of
clothes)
UNHCR - 1 truck (512 packs of hygienic napkins, 100 shelter kits, 15 bales of
blankets, 20 bales of clothes)
WFP - 1 truck (4.5 MT wheat flour, 500 kg vegetables)
Total food items: 15.7 MT
Total non food: 21.4 MT
3.
Location: Vucitrn - municipality of Glogovac
Beneficiaries: 50,500 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 1 truck (3500 kg sugar, 2000 kg rice, 1800 kg salt, 2004 kg milk
powder, 2010 kg beans, 14400 packs of soup, 2340 kg detergent, 3000 bars of
soap, 5000 pairs of footwear/boots and shoes, 60 blankets, 60 packs of
cheese)
CRS - 1 truck (90 packs of soap, 10 bags of footwear, 30 blankets, 1328 kg of
clothes) DOW - 1 truck (1050 family packs of food)
WFP - 1 truck (5 MT wheat flour)
UNHCR - 1 truck ( 256 hygienic napkins, 120 mattresses, 10 bales of blankets,
10 bales of clothes, 100 shelter kits)
Total food items: 19.4 MT
Total non food: 16.6 MT
4.
Location: Llausha - municipality of Srbica
Beneficiaries: 4,000 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 1 truck (30 stoves, 500 kg sugar, 300 kg rice, 100 liters of vegetable
oil, 300 kg milk powder, 400 kg beans, 1200 packs of soup, 400 kg detergent,
1500 bars of soap, 1100 pairs of footwear/boots and shoes, 90 blankets, 300
kg salt, 3000 kg wheat flour, 70 packs of cheese)
Total food items: 5.7 MT
Total non food: 3 MT
November 27, 1998
1.
Location: Polac - municipality of Srbica
Beneficiaries: 3,000 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 2 trucks (5 MT wheat flour, 30 stoves, 240 liters of vegetable oil,
2295 kg cheese, 400 kg salt, 840 kg milk powder, 500 kg rice, 405 kg beans,
720 kg detergent, 2500 bars of soap, 2000 pair of footwear/boots, 432 packs
of high protein biscuits)
CRS - 1 truck (45 packs of soap, 10 bags of footwear, 1370 kg of clothes)
Cad - 1 truck (44 packs of clothes/children and adult, 26 packs of
footwear/children and adult, 30 bales of blankets, 60 bags of baby plastic
bags)
UNHCR - 1 truck (512 hygienic napkins, 10 bales of clothes, 256 packs of
soap, 32 packs of blankets)
Total food items: 10.1 MT
Total non-food: 15.9 MT
2.
Location: Magura - municipality of Lipljan
Beneficiaries: 3,000 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 1 truck (600 kg sugar, 400 kg salt, 400 kg rice, 229.5 kg cheese, 600
kg milk powder, 400 kg beans, 432 packs of high protein biscuits, 1872 packs
of soup, 612 kg detergent, 1500 bars of soap, 2000 pair of footwear/boots, 4
MT wheat flour)
CRS - 1 truck (45 packs of soap, 10 bags of footwear, 1010 kg of clothes)
UNHCR - 1 truck (512 hygienic napkins, 10 bales of clothes, 256 packs of
soap, 32 packs of blankets)
Total food items: 7.2 MT
Total non-food: 7.6 MT
3.
Location: Patacane - municipality of Orahovac
Beneficiaries: 4,000 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 1 truck (700 kg sugar, 400 kg rice, 300 kg salt, 153 kg cheese, 360 kg
milk powder, 300 kg beans, 288 packs of high protein biscuits, 360 kg
detergent, 1500 bars of soap, 1500 pair of footwear/boots, 1723 packs of
soup, 2000 kg wheat flour)
CRS - 1 truck (45 packs of soap, 10 bags of footwear, 1060 kg of clothes)
Total food items: 4.6 MT
Total non-food: 3.6 MT
November 28, 1998
1.
Location: Gornja Luka - municipality of Decane
Beneficiaries: 6,800 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 1 truck (3205 kg sugar, 2196 kg milk powder, 2500 bars of soap, 1800
pairs of footwear/boots, 4924 packs of soup, 1296 kg detergent, 930 kg rice,
600 kg salt, 230 kg cheese, 432 packs of hygienic kits, 240 blankets, 744
liters of vegetable oil, 350 kg macaroni, 405 kg beans, 300 pairs of
footwear/shoes, 10 mattresses, 300 pairs of underwear, 800 kg baby food, 408
packs of hygienic napkins, 150 packs of used clothes)
Total food items: 9.9 M
Total non-food: 6.6 MT
2.
Location: Domanek - municipality of Malisevo
Beneficiaries: 13,616 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 2 trucks (10 MT wheat flour, 3000 kg sugar, 1100 kg rice, 600 kg salt,
306 kg cheese, 1800 kg milk powder, 300 packs of hygienic napkins, 810 kg
detergent, 1500 bars of soap, 3200 pair of footwear/boots, 4896 packs of
soup, 30 rolls of plastic sheeting, 210 bags of blankets/clothes)
CRS - 6 trucks (190 m3 of firewood)
WFP - 1 truck ( 5 MT wheat flour)
DOW - 1 truck (1000 family packs of food)
Total food items: 23.2 MT
Total non-food: 6.8 MT, 190 m3
3.
Location: Petrovo - municipality of Lipljan
Beneficiaries: 3,000 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 1 truck (2000 kg wheat flour, 1000 bars of soap, 1504 pairs of rubber
boots, 1000 kg sugar, 288 packs of hygienic napkins, 539 kg rice, 400 kg
salt, 720 kg milk powder, 200 kg beans, 1400 packs of soup, 630 kg detergent,
153 kg cheese, 6 bags of used footwear/shoes, 180 sets of bed linen, 20
stoves)
CAD - 1 jeep (5 packs of used clothes)
Total food items: 4.9 MT
Total non-food: 4.8 MT
November 30, 1998
1.
Location: Golubovac - municipality of Klina
Beneficiaries: 16,454 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 1 truck (396 liters of vegetable oil, 690 kg sugar, 530 kg rice, 306 kg
cheese, 600 kg milk powder, 1440 packs of soup, 450 kg detergent, 1000 bars
of soap, 288 packs of hygienic napkins, 1000 pairs of footwear/rubber boots,
27 rolls of plastic sheeting, 1250 bags, 300 kg baby food, 240 kg beans, 100
blankets, 58 packs of used clothes/shoes)
UNHCR - 1 truck (256 packs of hygienic napkins, 86 packs of soap, 15 bales of
blankets, 225 mattresses)
Total food items: 2.9 MT
Total non-food: 9.2 MT
2.
Location: Dobrosevac - municipality of Glogovac
Beneficiaries: 8,770 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 1 truck (27 rolls of plastic, 1500 bars of soap, 2000 pairs of
footwear/rubber boots, 1260 kg sugar, 432 packs of hygienic kits, 530 kg
rice, 840 liters of oil, 840 kg milk powder, 300 kg baby food, 2592 packs of
soup, 612 kg detergent, 306 kg cheese, 6 bags of used clothes, 1259 school
bags, 140 blankets)
UNHCR - 1 truck (256 packs of hygienic napkins, 86 packs of soap, 15 rolls of
blankets, 125 mattresses)
Total food items: 4.3 MT
Total non-food: 7.4 MT
3.
Location: Sverke - municipality of Klina
Beneficiaries: 6,800 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 1 truck (792 liters of vegetable oil, 1155 kg sugar, 530 kg rice, 306
kg cheese, 756 kg milk powder, 2016 packs of soup, 594 kg detergent, 1300
bars of soap, 432 packs of hygienic napkins, 1300 pairs of footwear/rubber
boots, 30 rolls of plastic sheeting, 1250 bags, 300 kg baby food, 235 kg
beans, 60 packs of used clothes/shoes)
Total food items: 4.2 MT
Total non-food: 4.6 MT
December 1, 1998
1.
Location: Glogovac - municipality of Glogovac
Beneficiaries: 17,000 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 1 truck (70 stoves, 15 bags of used clothes/shoes, 1200 liters of
vegetable oil, 4005 kg sugar, 459 kg cheese, 2404 kg milk powder, 7200 packs
of soup, 576 packs of hygienic napkins, 2500 pairs of footwear/rubber boots,
706 pairs of footwear/shoes, 40 pairs of jeans, 10 bags of clothes, 150
blankets, 16 mattresses, 480 pairs of underwear/children)
Total food items: 8.7 MT
Total non-food: 7.9 MT
2.
Location: Djakovica - municipality of Djakovica
Beneficiaries: 48,000 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 3 trucks (3959 kg milk powder, 50 medical packs, 100 kg paper, 100
packs of clothes, 21 hospital beds, 21 mattresses, 30 medical packs for
disabled, 10 kg kitchenware, 6000 liters of vegetable oil, 7005 kg sugar,
5000 kg salt, 1800 kg cheese, 11400 packs of soup, 3600 kg soap, 864 packs of
hygienic napkins, 3000 bars of soap, 200 blankets, 2000 pairs of
footwear/rubber boots, 3 bales of clothes, 1030 pairs of shoes, 30 packs of
footwear/shoes)
Total food items: 24.9 MT
Total non-food: 8.3 MT
December 2, 1998
1.
Location: Brolic - municipality of Pec
Beneficiaries: 3,000 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 2 trucks (4 MT wheat flour, 1200 liters of vegetable oil, 1200 kg
sugar, 800 kg salt, 300 kg milk powder, 288 hygienic packs, 1440 packs of
soup, 306 kg detergent, 152 blankets, 1000 pairs of footwear/boots, 950 kg
rice, 120 bags of clothes, 390 kg supplemental food, 30 plastic sheets)
CRS - 1 truck (10 bags of shoes, 30 blankets, 90 packs of soap, 1400 kg
clothes)
DOW - 1 truck (500 food packs)
Total food items: 9.4 MT
Total non-food: 2.9 MT
2.
Location: Decane - municipality of Decane
Beneficiaries: 1,500 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 3 trucks (4 MT wheat flour, 1200 liters of vegetable oil, 153 kg
cheese, 800 kg milk powder, 567 kg detergent, 1440 packs of soup, 576
hygienic packs, 180 blankets, 920 kg rice, 20 packs of plastic sheets, 300 kg
supplemental food, 40 bags of clothes)
CRS - 1 truck (10 bags of shoes, 30 blankets, 90 packs of soap, 1400 kg
clothes)
Total food items: 7.5 MT
Total non-food: 1.9 MT
3.
Location: Junik - municipality of Decane
Beneficiaries: 3,000 IDPs
Escort: UNHCR
Commodities:
MCI - 3 trucks (40 stoves, 4 MT wheat flour, 1200 liters of vegetable oil,
1500 kg sugar, 800 kg salt, 400 kg milk powder, 288 hygienic packs, 306 kg
detergent, 150 blankets, 1000 pairs of footwear/boots, 120 bags of clothes,
1000 kg rice, 20 packs of plastic sheets, 198 kg supplemental food)
CRS - 1 truck (10 bags of shoes, 30 blankets, 90 packs of soap, 1500 kg
clothes)
DOW - 1 truck (500 food packs)
Total food items: 9.7 MT
Total non-food: 5.6 MT
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