Name: People in Need steps up efforts to bring support to flood-hit regions in Czechia
Uploaded: 2024-09-27T07:59:55+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: This year’s floods are the second-largest natural disaster in Czechia’s modern history, with only the August 2002 floods causing more damage. As communities grapple with the destruction, NGOs have ramped-up efforts to provide critical support. I interviewed Marek Štys, Head of Emergency Programs for People in Need, the country’s biggest charity, to find out what

Photo: Tereza Pešoutová, Czech Radio

This year’s floods are the second-largest natural disaster in Czechia’s modern history, with only the August 2002 floods causing more damage. As communities grapple with the destruction, NGOs have ramped-up efforts to provide critical support. I interviewed Marek Štys, Head of Emergency Programs for People in Need, the country’s biggest charity, to find out what they are doing to help.

With the rivers beginning to recede, can you first update us on whether you and other organizations assisting those affected most by floods are able to help those in the most heavily stricken areas, such as Krnov and Jeseník?.

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Author: Jakub Ferenčík