Humanitarian Assistance

With over $60 million in humanitarian assistance delivered and distributed to the people of Belarus since 1995, Counterpart International (Counterpart) actively strives towards meeting the needs of the most poor and marginalized populations. Clothes, footwear, blankets, food and medical supplies and equipment are among the commonly sent humanitarian items from Counterpart's donor network in the US. Working with local NGOs, Counterpart primarily distributes its assistance to pensioners, boarding houses for the disabled, orphanages and public medical institutions. With Counterpart's decade long assistance, the people of Belarus are more capable of coping with their daily struggles.

Community and Humanitarian Assistance Program:
CHAP is a US State Department-funded, rapid response humanitarian commodity distribution program that addresses critical needs of vulnerable populations. Food, clothing, bedding, hospital equipment, hospital supplies and pharmaceuticals are donated to the target groups.

Counterpart's CHAP and SRP programs work in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus (just CHAP), Georgia, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Small/Medium Transportation Program:
The Small/Medium Transportation Program (SMTP), funded by the US Department of State Office of the Coordinator for the US Assistance to Europe and Eurasia, supports small to medium-sized US nonprofit organizations with transportation assistance to deliver urgently-needed humanitarian aid to vulnerable populations of the former Soviet Union republics. This program, which strives to improve the quality of life of the orphaned, ill, disabled, elderly and poor, is a true "citizen-to-citizen" program that connects organizations in the United States to communities in the NIS countries.

Counterpart's SMTP program works in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

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