Aid to flood victims in the Northern Caucasus

AID TO FLOOD VICTIMS IN THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS

The Russian Orthodox Church continues supporting the victims of the severe floods in the Northern Caucasus. The Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate has worked out and realizes a special humanitarian program together with the international Christian organization “Actions by Churches Together”, a long-standing partner of the Russian Orthodox Church in providing aid in emergencies.

Essential relief and hygienic items have already been distributed among 12.580 victims of socially unprotected categories, such as are pensioners, low-income and large families and the displaced. The action was carried out in the most flood-hit areas of the Stavropol region, the Republic of Northern Ossetia – Alania and the Nadterechny district of the Chechen Republic. The aid was distributed with assistance of the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Stavropol, Ministry for Emergencies and local authorities.

This program is part of the efforts by the Russian Orthodox Church to support socially unprotected people, who have suffered from emergencies in various regions of Russia. This church action is particularly focused on the Northern Caucasus, where the Russian Orthodox Church has taken many humanitarian initiatives to provide aid to displaced people from Chechnya since 1995.

In the next months, the Russian Orthodox Church will continue distributing food and hygienic items among the most needy victims and intends to help the most affected families in repairing their houses destroyed by the flood.