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Our action in Serbia 2000-2002


Rebuilding hope

 Our action today:
Distribution of food aid to refugees in Belgrade and Kraljevo
Rehabilitation of the Dr Miroslav Zotovic hospital
Purifying drinking water in Pancevo-Ivanovo
Other drinking water supply programmes


January to March 2002 : Distribution of food aid
to refugees in Belgrade and Kraljevo

Objectives:
To improve the living conditions of refugees in Serbia, and in particular their nutritional situation;
 To provide additional nutritional aid to vulnerable households by distributing food baskets, thus supplementing the previous food aid distribution carried out by the UN World Food Programme.

This programme mainly targets refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina and from Croatia, according to precise vulnerability criteria: families with children under 1 year old, the elderly over 65 years of age, orphans. It covers 36,752 beneficiaries who have been identified in Belgrade and Kraljevo. The food basket will comprise: cheese, yeast, spices, tinned meat and fish, paté.

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Rehabilitation of the Dr Miroslav Zotovic hospital

Our objectives:
To facilitate paraplegic childrens' recovery at the hospital;
 To improve healthcare conditions for paraplegic children;
To improve the personnel's working conditions.

Rehabilitation and improvement of the hospital's therapeutic pools:
Rehabilitation of pool installations (chlorination systems, filtres…);
Rehabilitation of equipment and of the ventilation system;
Masonry, painting, electricity ....

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Purifying drinking water in Pancevo-Ivanovo
Pancevo is an industrial town, situated 20 km from Belgrade, and is one of the four sites which were the worst hit by the NATO bombings in 1999. Pancevo's population of 98 000 now faces serious public health risks, due to soil pollution following the destruction of the petrochemical complex and fertilizer factories which dispersed large quantities of toxic products (mercury, ammonia, crude oil ...) into the environment.

Our objectives:
To protect public health
 To reduce the risks of illnesses linked to impure drinking water
To improve the quality and quantity of drinking water supplied
To improve the population's living conditions

To date, SOLIDARITES has launched and completed 3 connected projects:

rehabilitation of the Pancevo water treatment plant, including replacement of water treatment equipment and verification of their compliance with water treatment standards;

installation of a drinking water supply network at Ivanovo. Connection of this network with the Pancevo network to stop Ivanovo's residents from using wells drawn on the polluted water table;
Extension of the Pancevo water treatment plant's capacity in order to satisfactorily meet the water demand from Ivanovo residents.

Through the rehabilitation of the Pancevo water treatment plant, over 150 000 people now have access to drinking water, and no longer risk contamination from spilled toxic and chemical substances.


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Other drinking water supply programmes in Serbia

Extension of the Ruma drinking water system's capacity: sinking of wells, construction of a pumping station and of an additional water supply network, benefiting 75 000 people, inlcuding 25 000 refugees;
 Extension of the Vrnjcka Banja drinking water system's capacity through the reconstruction of one well and the sinking of two new wells, benefiting 26,500 personnes, including 8,250 refugees;
 Installation of anti-ram protection and launching of a pumping station at Lipovica (south of Belgrade), benefiting 40,000 people.

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