Flood victims of the Transcarpathia need your help. More than 30.000 people will meet a hars winter without a roof over their heads. Due to the flood in the Transcarpathia more than 30.000 people have become homeless. There are several thousand helpless children and weak eldery people among them. The flood hit especially severely the folowing villages: Vari, Visk, Tejcsöv, Hust, Bustina, Teresva, Ganicsi, Dubovoje, Krasna, Kalina, Ustj-Csorna. These people are facing the coming winter filled with fear, and are hoping to receive some help from you.

Please send your donation to: K&H Bank Rt. Hungary account No: 20922706 Swift code: OKHBHUHB

We would be grateful for your donations and we promise to inform you regulary about the situation in the region and about the activity of our Foundation through our web site, which is already under construction.

"Dr. Peter Mizun Relief Foundation" URL: www.sednet.hu/Transcarpathia/ Tel.: +36 30 9938677 Fax : +36 88 403447

The Ukrainian government issued an appeal for international aid for the flood victims of Western Ukraine. A report on casualties and damage, along with specific requests for medical, clothing and infrastructure replacement supplies is included at this URL:

http://www.brama.com/news/press/112398ua-gov.html

Also included are contact information in Ukraine and bank account details for direct donations in Uzhhorod.

The Consulate General of Ukraine in New York 240 East 49th Street New York, NY 10017 Tel: 212-371-5690 Fax: 212-371-5547 http://www.brama.com/

Appeal for Flood Aid

PRESS RELEASE: We have received an appeal, from the Greek Catholic Religious Fraternity "FAITH and CHARITY", also 'CARITAS', for aid to the victims of the recent flodding in Zakarpattia.

Our firm 'UKRAINE-PAC' has already sent a 40 foot container with 20 Tons of food and clothing to our site in Zakarpattia. It is scheduled to arrive on the 25th of November.

Additional help is requested . . . . .

Cash, Check or Money Order may be sent to "UKRAINE-PAC".

Packages of CLEAN USABLE clothing, bedding, shoes and boots. . . . FOOD. . . may be sent or brought to our warehouse at:

UKRAINE-PAC

2 3 0 West Parkway Unit # 9

Pompton Plains, NJ 0 7 4 4 4 - 1 0 6 0

You may call for additional information or large volume pick-up. ..

(973) 831-1499

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Michael Horvath misha@nac.net

DATE: 20.11.98 CITY: Lviv COUNTRY: Ukraine

Situation in Flooding TransCarpathian Ukraine

PRESS RELEASE: Brian R. Propp, General Director, Counterpart Humanitarian Assistance Program (CHAP) in the Western Newly Independent States (WESTNIS) of Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova confirms:

The situation is the Zakarpatia Oblast (province) of Ukraine is dire. Several days of above-normal rainfall caused flooding of the Tysa, Rika, Borzhava, Latorytsia, and Uzh Rivers on November 5th and 6th that destroyed thirty-eight (38) dams, twenty (20) bridges (and 487 bridges damaged), over 800 homes (with over 7,000 homes flooded), and miles of power lines, communications lines, gas lines, and rail lines. Over 24,000 people from over 100 villages were displaced. All except 8,000 have returned to their homes, but most of their homes are not in a good situation. Fourteen people have been killed by the flooding, many people are missing, and over 1,000 are injured.

Many people and organizations want to donate money to assist with the victim relief operations. For example, the City of Burlington, Vermont in the U.S., which has a Community Partnerships Project partnership with the City of Mukachevo in the Zakarpatia Oblast through the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, has collected funds to donate. Several other American and Ukrainian organizations have expressed a desire to donate funds. For this purpose, Counterpart International's U.S. headquarters office has established a special account to receive donations of cash, which will be used to purchase medicines, medical consumables, fuel, and other most-needed items. Funds are also needed to pay for distribution, logistics, and in-country transportation expenses.

To send funds to support the Zakarpatia Flood Relief Project by wire transfer please use the following wire transfer instructions: Citibank NA ABA #021000089; Further Credit to Citibank FSB, ABA #2540-7011-6; 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE; Washington, DC 20003 U.S.A. Account Holder: Counterpart International, Inc.; Account number: 1500-3558; Project Code: 514.

Report submitted by: Valentyn Stetsiuk valentyn@icmp.lviv.ua