Today, Deputy Prime Minister and Disaster Management Minister Emel Etem received a donation of $ 400 000 for the people affected by the floods, from CARE International -- Bulgaria.
The funds were channeled into the purchase of 80 motor pumps of various capacity, 15 outboard-motor boats, 258 waterproof overalls, 50 chemical toilets, 48 electric saws and 22 sets of diving equipment, explained Deputy Prime Minister Emel Etem. She added that the population of the flood-hit regions will receive 5000 food packages, 42 060 liters of mineral water, 11 000 hygiene packages and 20 000 information leaflets.
The Minister of Disaster Management expressed her gratitude to Jeffrey Levine, Chargé d'Affaires at the US embassy in Sofia, for the good cooperation with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which allocated the assistance through the NGO CARE International -- Bulgaria.
The aid is part of a crisis management project, funded by the USAID and implemented by CARE International -- Bulgaria, with the assistance of Bulgaria's Civil Protection Agency and the local authorities. The project will go on until September 2005.