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MCIC
Situation report Macedonia no. 21/2001 |
October 22-28, 2001
Skopje, October 29th, 2001
HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
Macedonian Red Cross will publish the number
of displaced persons once a month.
The last information says there are 53.797 displaced persons.
Number of refugees returning from Kosovo.
According to data from the UNHCR there are still around 16.000 ethnic
Albanian refugees in residing in Kosovo, and thus far around 60.000 refugees
(ethnic Albanians) have returned to Macedonia.
Humanitarian action
On 26 October the manifestation "Home for all", organized by
the displaced children, was held. 150 children who were displaced during
the war too place at the manifestation. The collected assets will be used
for humanitarian purposes.
HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE
Food
The humanitarian organization El Hilal has distributed humanitarian aid
of 43 tons of foods and basic hygienic products in Vaksince, Hasan Beg
and to displaced families in Tetovo, on 22, 26 and 28 October.
"Klasje na dobrinata" has distributed family packages for 120
families in Skopje. A package contains 3 kilograms of flour, oil, sugar,
rice, pasta, 10 soaps, 5 detergents ("Biljana") and diapers.
Teams of ICRC on 23 October visited Goshince on Skopska Crna Gora where
around 200 persons who have returned to their homes need help.
Health
ICRC offers medical aid to local medical centers in the Lipkovo region.
WHO continues to offer health services to the displaced persons in Kumanovo
and to distribute free medications for the pharmacies in Skopje. WHO has
distributed medications for Tetovo for the first time.
Shelters
IRC continues to appraise the damages of homes in Lipkovo, Orizare, Lojane
and Vaksince.
The Organization Children's Aid Direct appraises the houses in Matejche,
where it has begun to distribute construction materials.
On 23 October UNHCR has distributed packages for returnees (a composition)
for 180 families in Dobroshte, for 60 families in Prshovce, for 40 families
in Orashje, and for 6 families in Drenovec. On 24 October nine UNHCR trucks
loaded with construction materials have distributed aid to Lipkovo, Vaksince
and Arachinovo.
On 23 October UNHCR has begun to operate the bus line from Tetovo to Selce,
and the line will operate twice a day.
MCIC on 24 and 25 October has distributed 7,500 roof tiles for the repairing
of 110 damaged roofs in Radusha. On 24 October it distributed construction
materials for a complete renovation of six houses in Belovishte, Rogachevo
in Vratnica Municipality and Prshovce (1) in Tearce Municipality.
On 26 October a convoy with displaced persons, ethnic Albanians and ethnic
Macedonians from Opae have visited their homes after six months. Around
50 of them remained in their homes.
Water supplies and sanitation
UNHCR provides two or three water tanks per day for Ljuboten in order
to reduce water shortage until a long-term solution is found.
Schools and education
The French Agency Solidarite has replaced all windows and carried out
reparations of minor damages of the Neproshteno School
UNICEF has prepared a list of schools that at the moment do not function,
due to damages done during the conflict. Around 35 schools have a need
of quick rehabilitation: some are to be fully reconstructed, whereas others
need certain reparations.
Humanitarian demining
Demining Teams continue to cleanse the terrain in Tetovo region. ICRC/MCIC
has distributed leaflets to inform the public of mine dangers and unexploded
items in the crisis areas.
Protection of human rights
No new activities during this period.
Psycho-social activities
NGO "Save the Children" in co-operation with the US Committee
for refugees is carrying out a new project for the displaced persons from
crisis areas, who reside at the collective centers "Pelagonija",
"Ranka Milanovikj" and "T.S. Senikj". Children from
these centers will be organized to visit cinemas, theatres as well as
cultural manifestations. The project encompasses children from the Tetovo
and Skopje region who reside in the centers and will last six weeks.
Post-crisis rehabilitation
EU Ambassador to Macedonia, Jose Pinto Texeira has visited the displaced
persons in the Kumanovo-Lipkovo region who have been accommodated in the
collective center in Dolno Konjare. On that occasion 100 citizens were
granted humanitarian aid consisted of cattle food.
Teams of Macedonian Electrical Company have been repairing the damages
electrical network in the crisis areas during the last week.
HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION
Funding
International organizations and representatives of state-donors, participants
at the Second Regional Conference of SouthEast Europe Stability Pact in
Bucharest, have determined 60 million Euro for the realization of Pact
for Macedonia projects.
Coordination
Fourteenth meeting of NHC.
The Director of the Refugees, Displaced Persons and Humanitarian Aid Department
from the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy has emphasized the problem
of heating wood for the displaced persons and fuel for those in the collective
centers, as the winter approaches. Also a problem appears to be warm clothing
for children. UNHCR representative has informed that his organization
will provide heating woods for families where the displaced persons reside.
Together with UNICEF they will provide heating woods for schools in crisis
areas.
USAID/OFDA representative promoted the program on shelters. The program
will assist 1.800 families in the Kumanovo and Tetovo region. At the beginning
heating woods of 4-5 m2 each will be provided. The German Red Cross will
provide assistance in repairing houses of first and second category in
Slupchane and Ropajce.
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