EU humanitarian aid to Georgia and Armenia

The European Commission has approved a financing decision for €1.95 million for people in Georgia and Armenia affected by the drought. The operation is targeted above all at housewives, displaced persons and families dependent on subsistence agriculture.

The drought is aggravating what is already a difficult economic situation and undermining the development strategies applied since 1997 in an effort to restore food security.

Administered via the EU's Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), the financing will enable non-governmental organizations over the next eight months to meet immediate food requirements and guarantee small farmers' incomes, thereby avoiding the danger of rural depopulation.


Georgia: €1.05 million will enable Save the Children (UK) to distribute spring seed, including sunflower seeds, to 7 000 vulnerable farmers.

Care-UK will supply assistance in the form of potato seeds for 5 000 farmers in the remote mountain regions of the south.

Secours Populaire Français (SPF) will support a project for distributing oil and wheat flour.


Armenia: €900 000 will be distributed among Acción Contra el Hambre (ACH-ES) Secours Populaire Français (SPF) and the UNDP. The operations financed will mainly involve supplying small farmers with spring seed (wheat and potato).

Since 2000, ECHO has financed a number of humanitarian operations in the region in order to cope with the drought. Following this latest decision, the total aid allocated to Georgia and Armenia for this purpose amounts to €3.15 million.

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• EU humanitarian aid to drought victims in Georgia (20/2/2002)
• EU Presidency Statement - The situation in Georgia (30/10/2001)
• EU Presidency Statement - The situation in Georgia (24/4/2001)
• EU Presidency Statement - The Security Council meeting on Georgia (21/3/2001)