Krimsk tragedy
Last weekend at night a small town in south Russia was washed down by a torrential downpour. Everything happened about 3 am in full darkness as there was no electricity due to an accident the day before. The number of people killed is about 170 and thousands are left without houses and belongings.
Those who survived are in shock from “tsunami”. Judging from the numerous photographs from the place it sure reminds the effect of tsunami. Not only houses but the whole infrastructure was washed down.
People are in need of everything starting from toiletries, bed goods, clothes and shoes and finishing with medicines and diapers. Water is in great demand. People need the help of psychologists.
Russian internet community organises help from all big Russian cities. The volunteers are arriving from everywhere. The Red Cross helps to deliver first aid and the Russian Post sends packages and transfers money free of charge. People transfer money on Yandex purse and Russian Savings bank account.
There is one website where one can find the telephone numbers and addresses of the headquarters, lists of people who died in the disaster and see where the humanitarian help goes to. The name of the site is Поможем.орг (Help.org). Unfortunately, the site is in Russian. The good news is that about 4.5 million roubles in cash have been collected for people from disaster area.
At the moment all the volunteers (500 registered) are working on cleaning Krimsk from debris.
Our sympathies to people of Krimsk!
No comments:
Post a Comment