Humanitarian assistance to abroad in 2008
In 2008 the Czech Republic provided humanitarian assistance to 23 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America (Lebanon, North Korea, Malaysia, Kenya, China, Tajikistan, Albania, Congo, Sudan, Burma, Senegal, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Turkey, Timor, Iraq, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Georgia, Zimbabwe, Haiti and African Corner countries).
In 2008 the Czech Republic provided humanitarian assistance to 23 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America (Lebanon, North Korea, Malaysia, Kenya, China, Tajikistan, Albania, Congo, Sudan, Burma, Senegal, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Turkey, Timor, Iraq, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Georgia, Zimbabwe, Haiti and African Corner countries).
Material humanitarian assistance in 2008 was provided six times, and in all cases the FRS CR was responsible for transport and handover of the material. In March 2008 an explosion of an ammunition store happened in the town of Gerdec, near Tirana, in Albania. After-explosions struck many villages and citizens. The Czech Republic provided material humanitarian assistance to the stricken country in the form of blood plasma, medicaments, and sanitary material (which replenished low stocks of local medical centres). Total humanitarian assistance was worth to 2 million CZK.
In May 2008 the Czech Republic provided a 2-million-CZK humanitarian assistance to China for removal of destructive aftermath of an earthquake in the Sichuan province in the southwest. First part of material were medicaments, the second part – nine S-65 tents - were delivered to the Frankfurt Airport in Germany, and transported to destination in cooperation with the Monitoring and Information Centre of EU.
Consequent on large floods in the eastern part of Europe, in the beginning of August 2008 the Czech Republic provided humanitarian assistance to Romania (12 generators), Ukraine (6 pumps, 500 airbeds, 500 sleeping bags, 240 emergency packs of linen) and Moldova (10 pumps, 6 generators, 500 rubber Wellingtons. Total humanitarian assistance was worth to 2.8 million CZK.
Last humanitarian assistance of the Czech Republic to abroad was sent in mid-August 2008. Sanitary material worth to 2 million CZK (41,000 pieces of different bandages, 120 blood units, 160 blood plasma units, and 1,000 Albumin ampoules) was provided to Georgia after warfare with Russia, and due to the situation handover at the airport in Yerevan, Armenia.
In 2008, the Czech Republic provided financial humanitarian assistance three times to Burma. In May 2008, 2.5 million CZK were provided through the Red Cross International Committee for removal of damages caused by the Nargis cyclone. Another contribution was provided in May 2008 to the ADRA nongovernmental organisation (2 million CZK), to the Free Burma Rangers NGO (0.5 million CZK), and in July 2008 5 million CZK to the People in Need NGO for removal of damages caused by the Nargis cyclone. Humanitarian assistance not only for 2008 can be found in the www.usar.cz website. For 2009 the amount of CZK 85 million (EUR 3 million) has been allocated.
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