- "People left in a rush, leaving everything they had behind" says Albert Dokter, Dorcas Regional Director for CIS. "Now they need food, clothing, hygiene items - but also personal attention."
August 8, the capital of South Ossetia, Tschinvali and surrounded villages were bombed with heavy artillery. Within a few hours, 70% of the city was destroyed. According to Russian and Georgian officials, up to 30,000 refugees have fled northward into North Ossetia in Russia.
Dorcas, in partnership with long-term partner organisation NOMCC (North Ossetian Mission Christian Charity) provides food, hygiene material and clothing for 6,000 of the refugees. Of these, some 2,500 are staying at relatives in Vladikavkaz while some 500 have founds shelter in sanatorias. About 3,000 are staying in a refugee camp near the city of Dzhava, South Ossetia. Dorcas' partner NOMCC has received a request from the regional government in South Ossetia to support the refugees.
Dorcas is also currently preparing a relief response project to the victims in Georgia.
Please visit www.dorcas.net for more information
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A man visits his son, Azamat Sanokoev from Dzhava who was injured in the armed conflict between Georgia and Russian-backed South Ossetian separatists, at a hospital in Vladikavkaz August 15, 2008. ...
