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Croatia's Red Cross visits more than 81,000 households

Author: Snježana Pezer

ZAGREB, April 20 (Hina) - Croatia's Red Cross (HCK) said on Monday it had donated more than 200 tonnes of food, volunteered more than 28,000 hours and visited more than 81,000 households affected by the coronavirus crisis and the March 22 earthquake in Zagreb.

Over the past two months HCK has visited more than 81,104 households throughout the country that were hit the hardest by the coronavirus epidemic, HCK said.

The organisation had 1,488 workers and more than 3,000 volunteers in the field, received more than 80,000 calls from citizens and provided psycho-social support to 4,690 citizens.

HCK volunteers put in a total of 28,035 hours, distributing 163 tonnes of food to people affected by the pandemic as well as 37,550 litres of water, 5,702 personal hygiene kits and 509 spatial hygiene kits.

The organisation helped equip quarantine areas with a total of 509 beds with blankets, mattresses and bedding.

In the aftermath of the earthquake that struck Zagreb and its environs on March 22, 169 HCK  workers and 1,012 volunteers worked a total of 4,493 hours and provided psycho-social support 1,288 times.

They handed out 7.9 tonnes of food to those affected by the earthquake and more than 12,000 litres of water and delivered 1,020 hot meals to the disabled.

In cooperation with Bad Blue Boys football fans, they repaired more than 340 roofs and obtained roof tiles for 400 houses. They handed out 540 humanitarian packages and delivered groceries and medicines 1,920 times.

The Red Cross said that as of late they were focusing their attention on helping people who had recently lost their jobs or had their pay reduced.

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