ADRAs help after the flood is in full swing. Thanks to the contributions of our generous donors, ADRA immediately started helping people affected by the flood.
ADRA is financially supporting families to repair destroyed houses as well as providing volunteer assistance in cleaning up the consequences of the floods. Specially trained teams also focus on psychosocial assistance to people who have been shaken by the events of recent days.
Thank you to everyone who helps with us.
We also want to thank all the volunteers involved across Romania, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria. Your hands on work cleaning houses, basements and gardens from heavy mud and debris is so appreciated and bringing hope to families affected by the flood.
While the floods came short notice, ADRA has used the past year to prepare for emergencies such as this. Miroslava Illetšková, Deputy Director of ADRA ČR describes:“While during the first major floods in 1997 or 2002 we had to use paper and pencil for monitoring, we now have modern tools and a sophisticated system at our disposal, thanks to which we are able to distribute aid very effectively. Monitoring teams record the extent of damage in an App, from where it is automatically copied into tables, so we are able to quantify everything, set priorities and start distributing financial aid very quickly.”
In its first wave of response, ADRA Czech – asides from coordinating a big number of volunteers – supports families with Cash transfers to help with renovating of houses or buying most needed household items.
ADRA Romania supports 200 families with big food parcels, drinking water bottles as well as hygiene items.
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Updated 18 September 2024: Several countries across Europe are currently experiencing or experienced flood disasters.
In Czech Republic, our colleagues are assessing the situation and are offering assistance.
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What are we doing now, and what can you do? This was summarized in interviews by emergency assistance coordinator Josef Koláček: “I would recommend to everyone who wants to help in the affected areas to get in touch with the non-profit organizations that are coordinating volunteers. This is because mayors often have their hands full with infrastructure and other important tasks, and direct requests for help can unnecessarily burden them. It’s better to register through the forms provided by the non-profit organizations. This way, the aid is better organized, and we can offer volunteers support, such as accommodation in emergency gymnasiums. We also offer volunteers insurance in case of injury or damage.
The humanitarian aid phase is just beginning. Until yesterday, evacuations were still taking place, and water levels were either peaking or are yet to peak. In the upper streams, work will begin today or tomorrow, but in the lower streams, especially in the Moravian-Silesian Region, we expect the water to recede for a while longer. Once again, I would ask volunteers to follow information websites and social media from regional offices, the Fire Rescue Service, and non-profit organizations.
The most help will be needed with clearing out debris, but also with tasks like cleaning up around homes or gardens, which will be relevant in 14 days to three weeks. This will be just as important as the most urgent phase. Volunteers can help seniors and other vulnerable groups who cannot manage the repairs around their homes on their own. This assistance may be long-term.
As ADRA, we are involved in the South Bohemian Region and have some minor activities in the Liberec Region, where the situation is gradually stabilizing. We are currently providing the most support in the Moravian-Silesian Region, where we have the largest number of volunteer centers and branches. We are also preparing to assist in the Olomouc Region, specifically in the Jeseník area, where we have helped multiple times in the past.
Non-profit organizations and representatives of the Fire Rescue Service are regularly meeting, both at the national level and within individual regions. We have an agreement to divide the affected areas based on the number of impacted municipalities and the capacities of each organization. If volunteers are lacking in one area, we will relocate them from other areas.”
In Hungary, ADRA Hungary is on the hotspot! The Country Director Zoltan Sitkei reports he is at Százhalombatta, next to the river Danube, and on 18th September he instructed the local sandbag dam building.
In Austria, ADRA on 16th September swiftly decided to support a voluntary local firebrigade – the heroes in this situation – with a rescue rubber boat to rescue and evacuate trapped people. Here you find a full report: https://adra.at/hochwasser-oesterreich-osteuropa/ Other relief initiatives are in preparation.
In Romania, ADRA Romania is intervening swiftly to support victims of Cyclone Boris. Together with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, ADRA stands in solidarity with families devastated by floods. ADRA Romania is mobilizing quickly to intervene in these affected communities, providing emergency aid, including basic foodstuffs, hygiene products, drinking water, pumps for water evacuation and generators. Our volunteer teams are on the ground to distribute these resources and provide moral support to those affected.
Cyclone Boris caused devastating floods in the counties of Galați, Vaslui and Bacău, leaving behind significant damage, especially in Galați where 12 localities: Pechea, Drăgușeni, Grivița, Costache Negri, Berești, Slobozia Conachi, Cuza Vodă, Cudalbi, Corod, Tudor Vladimirescu, Băneasa and Vameș, were severely affected. More than 5,000 households were destroyed, 4 people lost their lives and more than 250 people were evacuated, according to data provided by the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (I.G.S.U.).
ADRA Romania is mobilizing quickly to intervene in these affected communities, providing emergency aid, including basic foodstuffs, hygiene products, drinking water, pumps for water evacuation and generators. Our volunteer teams are on the ground to distribute these resources and provide moral support to those affected.
Those who wish to get involved can do so in the following ways:
volunteering; material donations (food, hygiene and cleaning products as well as building materials); financial donations into ADRA’s accounts (marked “Hope above the waters”); by donating directly on the website adra.ro/donate to the project “Hope above the waters”; donating right now 2 Euro by SMS to 8845 with the text “ADRA” (if you are in Romania)
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