Humanitarian Missions for the needy

Project location: GEORGIA
Project start date: July 2006 - Project end date: December 2009
Project number: 2006-31
Beneficiary: SCUDO DI SAN GIORGIO

Humanitarian Mission for the Internally Displaced Persons from Abkhazia in the Republic of Georgia

 

 

 

The Scudo di San Giorgio Organization's goals are focused on providing humanitarian aid to the people who need the most. The last humanitarian mission had a residue balance that were still destined to the victims of the floods. During the mission the Vice President was put in contact with another emergency and realized that the priority of need has moved elsewhere. About 230.000 Internally Displaced Persons from the autonomous region of Abkhazia are currently living outside their region, in the Georgian territory, mainly in Tbilisi (capital city), in a highly precarious health situation especially regarding the medicines. His Eminency the Metropolite Danieli (from the Church of Georgia), President of the "Center of Abkhazian Culture and Spirituality", has forwarded the Association's Vice President a specific request of medicines. In a letter dated November 12th, 2006, the Association Scudo di San Giorgio asked The Nando Peretti Foundation to change the destination of the above mentioned amount of money in order to help the IDP in Tbilisi, and to destine them for the purchasing of needed medicines to be donated to the IDP, request that has been accepted.

A mission was organized consisting of the acquisition, transport and donation of 6 pallets of indispensable medicines to be distributed in the refugee camps, where displaced Abkhazians are received by the Metropolita association.

Upon request by Metropolita, medicines are used to treat colds, pneumonia, bronchitis, cough, hypertonic diseases. Pain-killers, anti-inflammatory drugs, vitamins, endocrinological preparations, cardiology and immunological preparations, drugs for the treatment of wounds, anti-fungus preparations, medicines for Parkinson disease, Ophthalmologic preparations, anti-parasite treatments. An exact list of medicines and related purchase invoices were delivered to the Nando Peretti Foundation .

Scudo di San Giorgio association is received aid to cover the costs of air travel (flight Alitalia) from Rome to Tbilisi, since medicines need fast and immediate transportation, and exposure to the atmospheric factors they would be subjected to during travel by sea or by land could seriously spoil them.