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To: Jay Fisk who wrote (31951)	4/22/1999 4:07:00 AM
From: Dale Baker	Respond to of 122088

FYI FOR ALL: USG Humanitarian Assistance: Commodities USAID/OFDA has provided over $3.5 million in commodities in response to humanitarian needs in Macedonia and Albania since March 24. Financial Support To date the USG has provided over $178 million in response to the Kosovo crisis, beginning in March 1998. USAID/BHR $75,146,551 State/PRM $55,348,671 DOD $47,949,000 TOTAL $178,444,222 Public Donation Information In the interest of effective coordination of such public response, we encourage concerned citizens to provide monetary donations to appropriate organizations. USAID does not recommend in-kind donations of clothing, food, medicines, or other goods as the handling, storage, and transport of these materials from the U.S. to the Balkans would be extremely complicated, time-consuming, and expensive. USAID encourages the public to contact directly those private voluntary organizations (PVOs) which are currently working in Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Bosnia-Herzegovina to provide monetary donations. Financial contributions to PVOs will allow these professional aid organizations to purchase exactly what is most needed by the victims of the conflict in Kosovo and to pay for transport and other costs associated with the distribution of relief supplies. Cash contributions allow humanitarian agencies based in the Balkans to procure food, medicine, clothing, shelter materials, and other relief goods locally and regionally, thereby greatly speeding the delivery of this assistance to those most in need. A list of PVOs that are currently working in, or have affiliates in, the Balkan countries may be obtained from the USAID website at www.info.usaid.gov. The list is composed of non-profit organizations that are registered with USAID and/or listed by InterAction, a coalition of voluntary humanitarian and development organizations that work overseas; InterAction can be contacted at 1-818-502-4288, or via the Internet at www.interaction.org . Those interested in providing specific technical relief services or commodities should contact Volunteers in Technical Assistance's (VITA) Disaster Information Center for information and guidelines (703) 276-1914. For more information, please contact the public donations hotline at 1-800-USAID-RELIEF. This hotline, which is staffed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 851 calls were received by the public donation hotline on April 20, through 12:00 a.m. EDT. A total of 38,926 calls have been received since April 6. Past USAID/OFDA Factsheets can be obtained from the USAID web site at the following URL: info.usaid.gov