August 29, 2016

Humanitarian assistance to families from flooded areas

The heavy rainfalls have caused floods in the populated areas and agricultural regions in Skopje and Tetovo. The floods unfortunately have caused human losses as well as big material damages to the population for which adequate measures were taken in order to reduce the consequences.

During the last 3 days Macedonian Red Cross teams have been included in the activities for support and evacuation of the citizens and there was distribution of humanitarian relief consisted of 5500 food parcels (family size for 4 person), 55 tons of drinking water, 190 mattresses, 356 blankets, 210 kg clothes. By the Macedonian Red Cross teams there were 36 persons to whom was administered first aid.

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In the entire operations involved are 80 persons (volunteers and staff from the Red Cross), 7 mobile teams for first aid and activated is the entire logistics potential of the Macedonian Red Cross.

According the information from the field, Macedonian Red Cross is calling for donations of the following products: canned food, baby food and diapers, drinking water, hygiene items and disinfection items, shovels, rubber boots and buckets.

The donations can be delivered in the Red Cross Warehouses in Momin Potok, Skopje 08-18.00 hours. (Contact phone: 3096 227) and at the elementary school Naum Naumovski Borche, Skopje.

Interested legal subjects or citizens can additionally engage with provision of financial support:

  • Bank account of the Solidarity fund 300000001327966 Tax number 4030984271620 – Komercijalna banka

Until now there are total of 5.158.486 MKD allocated on the Solidarity fund

–     Donation of 100 MKD with phone calls at: 075/070/077 143 400

Until now there are total of 7.910.000 allocated through the phone calls.

Donations in foreign currency:

NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION: MACEDONIAN RED CROSS

BANK NAME: KOMERCIJALNA BANKA AD SKOPJE

BANK ADDRESS: UL. ORCE NIKOLOV NO.3, 1000 SKOPJE, MACEDONIA

BANK ACCOUNT: 300000000000133 25730522-11

SWIFT CODE: KOBSMK2X

IBAN CODE: MK07300701000001228

We call in our donation activities for humanitarian support to be followed the instructions of the relevant institutions and the Macedonian Red Cross in order to have more efficient response with the consequences of the natural disaster.

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