kosovo 09. april 1999

RNN EXCLUSIVE :
Situations in Balkan-Kosovo-Macedonia after 28 days war !

Kumanovo / MACEDONIA ( RNN Correspondent ) April the 21st, 1999

Situations in Balkan-Kosovo-Macedonia after 28 days war !

Situation on Balkan -Kosovo-Yugoslavia

The war is going on, the bombings are continuing the number of victims is increasing. The telephone contacts from Macedonia with Yugoslavia are more difficult. One family from Kumanovo Idic have visited their relatives in Vranje and Bujanovac and when they returned they told us that the life is going on there, they have enough food to eat, but they are deranged from the sleepless nights and fear of the bombs. But they are unique in one thing that the attacks must stop immediately. The cities in Kosovo are in ruins, people in Belgrade are on the streets.

Situation in Macedonia

The president of the state, the GOV. and the members of the Macedonian parliament keep the way of our own national interests, instead of the much more bigger number of refugees entering Macedonia every day. If the war continues Macedonia will face very critical situations, the trade is reduced, the economic power is getting weaker. Now, all citizens of Macedonia need humanitarian help not only the refugees from Kosovo. Every day from 500 to 1000 refugees leave Macedonia to other European countries but twice bigger number of refugees are coming. The refugees situated in the camps are better insured with food and medicines are better insured with food and medicines than the refugees throughout the families who are facing very difficult problems. The number of the Roma refugees from Serbia is increasing. The Roma refugees from the contacts made most of them want to leave Macedonia, to some other European countries. The receivers of refugee to ask for help, too, to, so they could take the crisis milder. The family Ramadanovski is without a space for the refugees, they have only one room for people. Up to now we haven't received any complaint about some contagious diseases among Roma refugees.
The organization Roma Community Center"DROM"Kumanovo for this critical period in Macedonia is involved actively in the care for refugees together with the other Roma organizations. Up to this moment our organization provided two humanitarian grants for 100 refugees or 25 families from Kosovo and Serbia. The activity of the organization is having results. The results are needed but they will come to a hurdle because one part of the organization's budget is totally spent for the refugees. Photographs of the refugees are payed, telephone calls with their families outside the country, medical needs, transport of the humanitarian help. Somebody might ask why we did all of it? The response is very simple. The help was indispensably needed. We help was indispensably needed. We had more cases of our own financing for milk, sugar and bread for the refugees. But we like to mention that Roma People from Kumanovo have urgent need for help. We helped to some of them but to some People we couldn't.
One lucky circumstance is that the weather fine and they don't need heating. The family Krasnici from Decani-Kosovo have new member of the family, the child is healthy born in home conditions, we managed for medical care. The name of the child is Serdjan. This is the only cheerful information.
We would like to announce thank fullness to all that are giving help for support of our informing or direct help money. Up to now received money from Australian Roma organization. These means will be used for help of three families with small children. We will inform you about this.
Beside the great worrying, and mental derange about the situation here, I am pleased to say that the Roma and non-Roma understand the problem written in my information.

God bless us all.

Sincerely
Asmet Elezovski members of the Board Roma National Congers

Kumanovo 21.04.1999

Your help is welcomed our contact address and bank account:

Roma Community Center "DROM"Kumanovo
Lokalitet Serava zgrada 106, objekt 5, prizemje 7a
91300 Kumanovo,
tel.fax:++38990127558
Drom@RomaNationalCongress.org
Asmet@RomaNationalCongress.org

Donation Bank Account
Stopanska Banka a.d.Skopje
Broj na smetka:40100-620-42 – 20625
ZPP-Kumanovo- 40900-678-6121
Roma Community Center "DROM"Kumanovo
Lokalitet serava prizemje 7a, 91300 Kumanovo
Tel.fax:++38990127558

Note from the editorial office:
Germany's Hotline on Kosovo Refugees in Germany, they said they will provide help in finding family members.
Telephone: + 49 911 943 77 77

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