Since the beginning of the EU assistance programme for flood relief in 24 Serbian municipalities, the organization Help has employed its resources on implementation of two project components Construction and Income generating assistance (IGA) in Kraljevo, Kosjeric, Lazarevac, Svilajnac, Trstenik and Varvarin.
Based on the real needs of the socially vulnerable families affected by the flood and landslides, the European Union fund the reconstruction of affected houses and support re-establishment of micro and small businesses in the targeted municipalities.
Help will deliver assistance meant for reconstruction of affected houses and support re-establishment of micro and small businesses in the six targeted municipalities.
At least 135 socially most vulnerable households, whose houses were totally or partially destroyed in the floods, will be supported through donation of 120 sets of building material and construction works (70 in Svilajnac, 30 in Lazarevac, 10 in Kraljevo, 5 in Trstenik and 5 in Varvarin).
Moreover, fifteen prefabricated houses will also be supplied – 11 in Svilajnac, 1 in Varvarin, 1 in Kraljevo, and 2 in Lazarevac.
Affected households will receive furniture and household appliances, thus assisting 135 beneficiaries, and a total of 108 in-kind grants supplied in all six municipalities.
In line with the adopted Methodology for beneficiary selection in all six targeted municipalities, and after the establishment of committees, Help team conducted field visits throughout August.
To date, field visits of potential construction assistance beneficiaries are completed in Kraljevo, while still on-going in Lazarevac, Svilajnac and Varvarin, as are field visits in Kosjeric for IGA beneficiaries. Field visits in Trstenik municipality will start during the first week of September.
