The U.S. Embassy’s Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) has supported the Red Cross of Macedonia humanitarian efforts with several donations worth $350,000 in humanitarian assistance to help meet the essential needs of migrants during this winter season.
The ODC initiated this project in August 2015 with the goal of assisting the Red Cross of Macedonia in caring for migrants during the winter months and in preparing for potential contingencies related to the migrant flow through Macedonia and the region.
Since then, representatives from the ODC visited Red Cross staff and volunteers in Skopje and delivered more than 10,000 liters of bottled water, winter clothing, rain coats, winter shoes, generators, winter tents, sleeping bags, blankets, and other items, to be distributed through the Red Cross to the transit centers in Tabanovce and Gevgelija.
On February 11, Ambassador Baily joined the Secretary-General of the Macedonian Red Cross, Mr. Sait Saiti, and U.S. Department of Defense representatives to mark the final arrival of equipment donated by the U.S. Department of Defense through the Humanitarian Assistance – Excess Property program.
The Red Cross of Macedonia, in partnership with the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, has been actively involved in providing support (24 hours a day with 11 mobile teams) to migrants transiting through the country at both border crossings in Gevgelija and Tabanovce.
Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Embassy Macedonia
February 2016
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