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To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (603)10/8/1998 1:06:00 PM
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Catastrophe looms, aid workers warn By ROBERT GARRAN

8oct98

AUSTRALIAN aid workers warned yesterday that winter would bring a human catastrophe to Kosovo, where more than 200,000
refugees lacked suitable shelter and clothing.

The head of overseas operations for aid agency CARE Australia, Robert Yallop, said the dangers of disease and lack of shelter had
been overshadowed by political and military developments in the war-torn Serbian province.

The victims were not soldiers but farming families who had been forced out of their houses. Many had escaped into the mountains to
avoid the fighting.

"Even if people were able to return to their homes today, they would face a very bitter winter without any food available because they
haven't been able to continue their farming," Mr Yallop said.

CARE's emergency manager in Kosovo, Steve Pratt, said: "The sanitary conditions in many villages are best described as an
outbreak waiting to happen. Thousands of people are without shelter and, where they do have somewhere to go, they are living 40 to
60 people to a house. Conditions in the last few weeks have deteriorated markedly, while temperatures have noticeably dropped."

Program manager Josephine Hutton visited southern and western Kosovo late last month and said doctors there were exhausted
from overwork in unhygenic conditions, and lacked proper medicine.

CARE yesterday launched an emergency appeal to help with the growing crisis. Donations can be made by telephoning 1800 020
046. theaustralian.com.au
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