Summary: CHF 123,061 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 23 February 2012 to support the National Society in delivering assistance to some 1,000 families and individuals (4,000 beneficiaries) affected by extreme winter conditions. Particularly hardly hit were rural communities whose households, already affected by poverty, had been suffering from the cold weather, due to the lack of basic necessities.

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

• A bumper cereal harvest gathered in 2012

• Grain imports expected to decrease although durum wheat imports resumed earlier than expected

• Domestic food price inflation has continued to increase in 2012

Estimates indicate the second largest cereal harvest in 2012

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross Red Crescent response to emergencies. The DREF is a vital part of the International Federation’s disaster response system and increases the ability of National Societies to respond to disasters.

Summary: CHF 92,668 had been allocated originally from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 9th February 2012 to support the Macedonian Red Cross in delivering assistance to some 1,300 beneficiaries, and to replenish the disaster preparedness stocks. However, the National Society revised its operational plan in view of the evolving situation with a budget increase of CHF 71,079 (Update n°1, 24th February 2012). The revised budget for this operation amounted to a total of CHF 163,747, reaching 5,100 beneficiaries.

CHF 95,871 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Belarus Red Cross Society in delivering assistance to more than 4,000 homeless and other vulnerable people throughout Belarus.

Summary: Due to the sudden onset of extremely cold weather, many Belarusians' livelihoods already hit hard by the financial crisis came under extreme pressure. The severe winter increased the vulnerability of the homeless in particular.

CHF 129,185 was allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 9th February 2012 to support the Red Cross of Albania in delivering immediate assistance to some 1,000 families (5,000 beneficiaries) and to replenish disaster preparedness stocks.

Summary:

Summary:
Heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures that started on 31st January 2012 caused an emergency situation in the central and northern part of Montenegro. The most affected municipalities were: Kolasin, Mojkovac, Berane, Andrijevica, Plav, Rozaje, Bijelo Polje, Pljevlja, Zabljak, Savnik, Pluzine, Niksic, Cetinje and Bar. 1,500 families living in the villages surrounding those municipalities were completely cut off from the towns and the rest of the country. Most of them did not have electricity due to severe breakdowns caused by heavy snowfall and blizzards.

DREF operation n° MDRUA006

GLIDE n° CW-2012-000006-UKR

30 June 2012

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross Red Crescent response to emergencies. The DREF is a vital part of the International Federation’s disaster response system and increases the ability of National Societies to respond to disasters.*

CHF 165,927 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Romanian Red Cross in delivering immediate assistance to 800 families (3,200 beneficiaries). Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are encouraged.