Pomoć u hrani i higijeni ugroženim stanovnicima na sjeveru Crne GoreFood and hygiene aid for vulnerable residents in northern Montenegro
Crnu Goru je od početka februara pogodilo jako nevrijeme praćeno velikim sniježnim padavinama. Naročito je pogođen sjever zemlje, koji je inače veoma siromašan. Željeznički i avio-saobraćaj bili su blokirani, a magistralni putevi prema nekim gradovima zatvoreni duže od dvije sedmice. I danas postoje sela u koja se hrana doprema motornim sankama. Na seoskom području uglavnom žive staračka domaćinstva, samci ili stari bračni parovi od 65 do 85 godina.Since early February, Montenegro has been hit by severe weather with heavy snowfall. The north of the country, already very poor, was hit hardest. Rail and air traffic were blocked, and main roads to some towns were closed for more than two weeks. Some villages can still only be reached by snowmobile. Rural households are mostly elderly people living alone or older couples aged 65 to 85.
Projektom smo obezbijedili pakete hrane i higijene za 275 porodica. Spiskove najugroženijih porodica dobili smo od Crvenog krsta Crne Gore, tako da je pomoć uručena onima kojima nije pomogla nijedna druga humanitarna organizacija na tom području. Projekat smo realizovali u saradnji sa opštinskim organizacijama Crvenog krsta, UNHCR-om i organizacijom HELP. Crveni krst nam je obezbijedio kamion, a UNHCR i HELP ustupili su džipove kojima smo pakete dopremili u nepristupačna sela do kojih kamion nije mogao da stigne.Through this project we provided food and hygiene parcels for 275 families. The Red Cross of Montenegro gave us lists of the most vulnerable families, so aid reached people no other humanitarian organization in the area had helped. We carried out the project with municipal Red Cross organizations, UNHCR and HELP. The Red Cross provided a truck, while UNHCR and HELP lent us jeeps to reach remote villages the truck could not get to.
Pomoć smo najprije podijelili u Kolašinu, a zatim u Beranama. Zbog nevremena se put kojim je trebalo da prođemo obrušio, pa smo morali da koristimo uski seoski put, ali smo uspješno raspodijelili i drugi dio pomoći. Ovim projektom preko 800 osoba dobilo je osnovne životne namirnice. Pored toga, podijeljeno je još 60 paketa u opštini Rožaje.We first distributed aid in Kolašin and then in Berane. The road we planned to take collapsed in the storm, so we had to use a narrow village road, but we still delivered the second part of the aid. More than 800 people received basic groceries through this project. In addition, 60 more parcels were distributed in the municipality of Rožaje.

