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Relief flights and direct in-kind contribution tracking to Georgia: OCHA/LSU update as of 22/08/2008
92 airlifts, truck convoys or ships have delivered supplies to Georgia, South and North Ossetia. 9 more planes are in the pipeline.
In summary:
- Govt operations: 64 consignments, including 32 EUCOM operations; 6 more Govt shipments are in the pipeline
Two US Navy ships and a Coast Guard cutter are transporting humanitarian relief supplies to Georgia. USS McFaul departed from Crete, yesterday, and the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas will leave later this week. McFaul and Dallas are scheduled to transit into the Black Sea and arrive in Georgia within a week. The other vessel is due to arrive within a month.
As of August 22, the Govt of Russian Federation reported to have provided nearly 5,166.3 metric tons (MT) of relief commodities to North Ossetia and an additional 2,321MT of humanitarian assistance to Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
Priority needs:
According to USAID, the Government of Georgia and humanitarian partners identified hygiene kits, water containers, blankets, mattresses, pillows, and bed sheets as priority relief commodities. According to the UNHCR, 20,000 mattresses would be urgently needed.
Most displaced persons staying in collective centers in and around Tbilisi would not have access to cooking facilities to prepare meals from emergency food relief distributions. The USAID DART is working with the U.N. World Food Program (WFP), UNHCR, and additional relief organizations to identify a sustainable solution for IDPs to prepare foods from emergency food rations.
(USAID Fact sheet # 8)