NEWS

According to the UN, 60 per cent of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Georgia do not have any income and are dependent on the state and on international aid to meet their basic needs.
IDP families include a high proportion of elderly, children, people with disabilities and female-headed families.
In Georgia, the Red Cross programs were set up within the framework of the operational agreement signed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the IFRC and the Georgian Red Cross. They include disaster management, psychosocial support and first aid. In addition, with a budget of 600,000 Swiss francs (400,000 euro/520,000 US dollars) the winterization program aims to provide clothing for 1,250 displaced families.
In the IFRC team in Georgia is our colleague Jassen Slivensky, director of DP/DR Dept. of the Bulgarian Red Cross and recently IFRC program coordinator.