In the "News" recently appeared in several reports from areas hit by floods last year. It strikes one of them: the Polish state has done little to help the flood victims and protect themselves from a similar tragedy in the future. Against the background of an indolence country hit Caritas Poland - an institution that collects voluntary donations from people with a heart open to others. The text (of today's Republic of websites) I was so touched that you paste it in its entirety:
Over 46.1 million zł was the value of assistance provided by Caritas Poland for those affected by last year's flooding in southern and central Poland
stressed that Caritas organized the emergency relief and long-term for the thousands of victims. The value of aid given by the diocesan Caritas Caritas Poland amounted to more than 23 mln zł, a value of aid collected by the diocesan Caritas (without the participation of Caritas Poland) was also more than 23 million zł.
Caritas - she said spokeswoman Olga Kołtuniak - including organized a vacation resort for 1.7 thousand. children who have suffered as a result of the disaster, organized a campaign "knapsack full of smiles", which benefited nearly six thousand. children. The books were tornistrach blocks, drawing, pencil boxes with equipment, crayons, paints, calculators and geometrical tools.
addition, Caritas has sent 45 trucks to the agricultural land affected by the floods and 120 tons of donations collected during the collection for flood victims. - Caritas supplied not only food but also for the winter fuel, and coal - Kołtuniak stressed. She added that Caritas volunteers help homeowners in their cleaning and drying, and gathered food, water, furniture and clothes.
spokeswoman pointed out that the first wave of floods (14-18 May last year) has caused severe damage, first in the south, and then in the Polish city. The culmination of the Vistula wezbraniowej wave was the highest for 160 years, and the water level exceeded that of the millennium flood in 1997
were flooded houses and farms, damaged roads and bridges, rail links, churches and cemeteries. The water caused severe damage in the regions of Silesia, Lesser Poland, Podkarpackie, Lubelskie and Mazowsze. Under water included, among others Czechowice Dziedzice, Chełm Śląski, Auschwitz, Krakow, Sandomierz, Tarnobrzeg. Also Measles broke levees destroyed towns and villages in his rozlewisku. There was more than 1,300 landslides. Severely affected not only houses, but the orchards and farmlands.
second flood wave passed through Poland on 1-2 June. Water flooded the southern part of the newly Małopolska and Podkarpackie, Lubelskie and Świętokrzyskie. The floods affected: Jasło, Sandomierz and Tarnobrzeg municipalities Wolves Szczucin, Janowiec, Tarłów. Water flooded 554 hectares in 2157 villages. August 7 overflowed river Copper flooding 75 percent. Bogatynia surface. The water destroyed bridges and roads leading into town. Was flooded quarry. Elemental also threatened Zgorzelcowi. The county evacuated residents Porajów Zgorzelec, Radomierzyce, Sieniawki and Koźlic.
Data Caritas in Poland show that floods have killed 25 people and injured was 266,000. 31 thousand were evacuated. people, 20 apartments and 730 homes were flooded or flooded. Losses suffered 811 municipalities and 1,300 businesses. Water damaged 80 thousand. km of provincial, municipal and county, and 1160 km of national roads, 59 bridges. Losses were estimated at around 12 billion zł.
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