Shipments from 1995 to March 31, 2002

Focus on Hungary and Romania
Launched on 9 March 2001 for CHF 1,574,048 for 2 months.
Budget revised in Situation Report no. l, increased to CHF 2,185,764 and the time frame increased to 30 September 2002.

Please note that this Operations Update no. 3 focuses solely on the continuing flood relief activities in Hungary and Romania. The flood relief operation in the Ukraine has been completed as planned and a separate Final Report is being issued on that aspect of the appeal. A Final Report covering Hungary and Romania will be issued by 30 March, 2002.

This Ops Update is intended for reporting on emergency appeals.
Launched on 9 March 2001 for CHF 1,574,048 for 2 months. Budget revised in Situation Report no. 1, increased to CHF 2,185,764, and the timeframe increased to 30 September 2001.

DREF Allocated: CHF 150,000 (CHF 50,000 for each country).
Beneficiaries: 53,000

Period covered: 28 March 2001 to 25 April 2001 (last Ops Update issued: Situation Report no. 1 issued on 2 April 2001); Next Ops Update No. 3 expected by end June 2001.

Dear Colleagues,

Eastern Europe is again suffering the consequences of its yearly spring floods which this year are mostly affecting areas of Hungary, Ukraine and Romania. The floods have swept over 11 districts in Romania, severely affecting some 170 communities. Up to 5,000 people have fled their homes, seeking shelter in 'safer' parts of the country.

The Ecumenical Association of Churches in Romania (AIDRom) is proposing the following assistance for the most vulnerable flood affected in Romania.

• Food distribution

UNDP Romania provided OCHA with the following updated information on the effects of the floods:

General Situation

1. The rivers are back to normal levels and meteorologists do not foresee major rains in the near future.

Government Response

2. The Government granted 10 billion lei (260,000 USD) in humanitarian aid for the some 4,000 people evacuated, in the form of food, emergency medical supplies, tents, blankets and clothes,

But there is no longer a risk of epidemics, Ukrainian officials said after the floods which also hit Hungary and Romania.

"We have quarantined the sick and distributed vaccination against hepatitis to 5,500 people," chief Hungarian hygiene officer Zsigmond Kosa told state radio, as the clean-up operation continued in the country's northeast.

THIS PRELIMINARY APPEAL SEEKS CHF 1,574,048 IN CASH, KIND AND SERVICES TO ASSIST 53,000 BENEFICIARIES FOR 2 MONTHS
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