Immediate assistance

Our activities are divided into three stages. The first is immediate aid – we provided it at the very beginning, in the first days of the floods. At that time, the affected people mainly needed clean drinking water and nonperishable food, as well as basic hygiene and cleaning products. At that time, we began cooperation with, among others, the local TRATWA Association, as well as with local authorities in the flooded villages.

Cleaning up the damage

By the second day, we had already moved on to stage two, the removal of damage. As the water level receded, in some of the flooded localities, it was products for cleaning, removing mud and debris that became the most necessary. That’s why we supplied debris bags, water canisters, brushes and cloths, as well as shovels, buckets, large garbage bags or surface disinfectants. Any personal protective equipment, such as wellingtons, work gloves or waders, proved to be very important.

At that point, we also launched our teams of mobile assistants to provide psychological first aid – due to difficult and stressful experiences, many people also need this form of support. Such teams reached and are still reaching the flood-affected villages directly.

Currently, the cleanup and drying of flooded buildings is still underway. We are donating dehumidifiers, ozonators and heaters. We are preparing deliveries of household appliances (washing machines, refrigerators and microwaves) and fuel. We have also delivered one water purification station to Klodzko at the request of Klodzko Waterworks, and have already ordered another such machine for Nysa.

Rebuilding

Stage three, or reconstruction, is still ahead of us. We have purchased sludge pumps and are waiting for other products needed by firefighters in their work, and we are also looking into the possibility of donating building materials and making repairs and renovations in day care centers, schools, kindergartens or nurseries, including facilities where our Pajacyk program is implemented. We also plan to launch activities in the area of psychosocial support for children and adults (including in Głuchołazy, Lądek-Zdrój, Lewin Brzeski, Skorogoszcz and Trzebieszowice).

• we supplied, among others, wellingtons, hygiene products, cleaning products, wheelbarrows, shovels, brooms, flashlights, batteries;
• we delivered 150 dehumidifiers, 105 heaters, 130 ozonators, 16 power generators, 12 sludge pumps
• we delivered 50 washing machines and 50 refrigerators, which Paczków City Hall will give to residents. We plan to purchase 200 refrigerators, 200 washing machines and 100 microwave ovens, which will go to Lądek-Zdrój
• we have delivered 50 electric two-burner stoves
• a mobile psychological first aid team has visited 16 villages and towns
• we delivered 2 mobile water treatment stations: for Kłodzko Waterworks and for Nysa
• we installed 19 porta-potties with washrooms in Bard and Kłodzko
• we conducted needs assessments in more than 30 towns and cities (by phone or on site), and as of September 17, we have delivered support to 23 flooded towns and villages (as of 08.10)

• Donate via the PAH website: www.pah.org.pl/wplac
• Donate via BLIK: payments can be made to the phone number 453 021 973 with the note “SOS POWÓDŹ” (“SOS FLOODS”)
• Transfer funds to the account number: 02 2490 0005 0000 4600 8316 8772 with the annotation “Flood – I help”
• For donors from EU countries (non-Poland donors) – donate here: www.4fund.com/sosflood
• For donors from the USA – donate here: CAF America (tax deduction, 501 (c)(3))
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Do you want to work with us as a company? Contact our specialists:

• Katarzyna Pokornowska , +48 573 834 612
• Justyna Smolinska , +48 501 701 191