Kyrgyzstan in Crisis: Counterpart Distributes LDS-Donated Bedding Sets
Counterpart International continues its relief efforts in southern Kyrgyzstan in the aftermath of the violence that broke out in the cities of Osh and Jalal-Abad in early June. With a $20,000 contribution from Latter-Day Saints Charities (LDSC), Counterpart was able to procure and distribute 543 bedding sets to people who lost their homes during the civil unrest.
LDSC, a long time partner of Counterpart, contributed $20,000 in June to address the immediate needs of the victims. In response Counterpart conducted a critical needs assessment and determined that bedding was among the victims most urgently needed items.
This delivery of bedding is just the latest in Counterpart’s ongoing relief efforts in southern Kyrgyzstan:
- Days after violence broke out, Counterpart delivered U.S. Department of State’s pre-staged disaster packages, totaling $200,000 to the Osh Oblast and Jalal-Abad Region Hospitals.
- Within the following week Counterpart was able to distribute two 40-foot containers of humanitarian aid commodities, valued at $201,000, filled with clothing, footwear, bedding and hygiene kits.
- Counterpart also offloaded and distributed a Department of State Humanitarian Medical Air Shipment, valued at $2.75 million, filled with medicines and medical supplies to local hospitals in Osh.
- Funds raised through an online appeal and from individuals seeking to help were used to locally purchase more than 110 food packages and 136 baby formula packages which were distributed last week to those affected by the crisis.
- Thanks to a $700,000 donation from United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), Counterpart has shipped two containers of hygiene kits, one to Osh and the other to Jalal-Abad.
To date, Counterpart has distributed more than $3.5 million to victims of the crisis.
Counterpart has been active in the Kyrgyz Republic since 1996. Today, after nearly 14 years of working in partnership with the people of the Kyrgyz Republic to rebuild, develop and transform communities, more than 593 containers of humanitarian assistance—valued at approximately $85 million and containing food, shelter, medical supplies, clothing and other basic necessities—have been delivered. These distributions were made with the help of more than 863 governmental and non-governmental institutions in all seven Oblasts of the Kyrgyz Republic.
July 23rd, 2010 | Tags: civil conflict, conflict, disaster, Kyrgyzstan, KyrgyzstanInCrisis | Category:
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