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TO: Luda Shuster, President, Rescuing Global Neighbors
FROM: Citizen Assistance Regional Public Charitable Organization Assisting Refugees and Resettlers

September 28, 2001

REPORT

Accounting for the Funds Received from the Rescuing Global Neighbors Program for Refugee Relief in Russia

The Citizen Assistance Organization received $1,700 U.S. (43,453 Russian Rubles) transferred to our bank account on June 20, 2001. The funds received have been used to relieve financial strain on refugees arriving to Moscow from various regions, primarily from Chechnya. The received sum has been used to assist the following persons:

  • Mrs. Raisa Salgirieva, 39-years of age, a refugee from Chechnya. She arrived to Moscow from Ingushetia to receive medical treatment. Raisa suffered severe burns (over 65% of her body) when her parent's house caught fire during an exchange of gunfire on December 31, 1999 in her native village Chechen Aul. Raisa is a mother of two, and her 7-yr old son also received severe burns. Her husband, a TB patient, undergoes treatment in a hospital in Saratov. It is hard to look at Raisa's ugly, thick, oozing scaring which restricts her movement. She is in dire need of plastic surgery not to keep her beautiful, but to keep her alive. Waiting for her surgery, she and her sister Zarema Akhmadova, stayed with a student friend in her rented room. While there they had to sleep on the floor. We provided Raisa and Zarema with financial aid in the amount of 200 rubles to be spent on bedding. Unfortunately, Raisa's treatment has been postponed and she was forced to leave St. Petersburg.

    Supporting Documentation:
    1. A letter of acknowledgment
    2. A copy of Mrs.Raisa Salgirieva's financial aid application
    3. A copy of itemized receipts from Mrs.Raisa Salgirieva
    4. A copy of Mrs. Z. Akhmadova's financial aid application
    5. A copy of itemized receipts from Mrs. Z. Akhmadova
    6. A copy of a doctor's assessment of Mrs.Raisa Salgirieva's condition

  • Mrs. Toita Magomadova, from Chechnya, arrived to Moscow with her daughter Diana and her son Islam. Islam, born in 1985 needed medical attention as a result of a serious wound he received during a missile raid of Grozny in September 1999. Toita asked for financial aid to get food and crutches (a so called Canadian cane) for her son. The financial aid in the amount of 1700 Russian rubles was given to Toita. The aid was given in two parts, to reduce income tax burden, one to Toita and the other to her daughter Diana.

    Supporting Documentation: 1. A letter of acknowledgment
    2. A copy of Mrs. Toita Magomadova's financial aid application
    3. A copy of itemized receipts from Mrs. Toita Magomadova
    4. A copy of Mrs. Diana Magomadova financial aid application
    5. A copy of Islam's birth certificate
    6. A copy of a cashier's check and a check for the purchase of crutches

  • Mrs. Nura Pashaeva, 42 years old, from Chechnya, received financial aid in the amount of 2000 Russian rubles to purchase compression clothing and a silicone cream for the treatment of burns received by her son Rashid. Nura, her husband and their six children live in Grozny. Rashid got burned when he and his friends played by a bon fire and one of the boys poured gasoline on the fire.

    Supporting Documentation:
    1. A letter of acknowledgment
    2. A copy of Nura Pashaeva's financial aid application
    3. A copy of itemized receipts from Mrs. Nura Pashaeva
    4. A copy of doctor's assessment of Rashid's condition
    5. A copy of Rashid's birth certificate
    6. A copy of a statement from the clothing company producing compression clothing

  • Mrs. Aimat Muzaeva, 49 years of age, from New Atagi, a village in the Shalin region of Chechnya, received financial aid from our organization on a regular basis. The aid was to provide medical treatment to her son Salambek Muzaev, 26 years of age. While at home, Salambek went to fetch some hay and stepped on a mine. As a result of his wounds, he lost the use of both hands (one was amputated to his elbow, the other up to his wrist) and of both eyes (in the one eye that he still has he retained only 10% of the vision). While in Moscow, he was receiving treatment from an Eye Institute named after Helmhotz. The Muzaevs received financial aid in the amount of 1600 Russian rubles to pay for eye prosthesis. (To get a free eye prosthesis for them through the channels of the Ministry of Labor proved to be impossible.)

    Supporting Documentation:
    1. A letter of acknowledgment
    2. A copy of Mrs. Aimat Muzaeva's financial aid application
    3. A copy of itemized receipts, including the purchase of the eye prosthesis
    4. A cashier's check

    A thank you letter from Mrs. Luisa Amhadovna Sultanova dated September 9, 2001

    To the Rescuing Global Neighbors Organization

    My name is Luisa Amhadovna Sultanova. A refugee from Chechnya, I applied to the Citizen assistance program for financial aid. On September 9, I received from them aid in the amount of 1,300 Russian Rubles. Grozny, my children and I were at home when our house collapsed. All three of my children were wounded, two of them seriously. Thanks to the help of Red Cross we were moved to Moscow to receive medical treatment. Later we were transferred to a specialized hospital in St. Petersburg where we have remained for the last two years. The only organization that has really helped us was the Citizen Assistance. Since they receive funds from you, I would like to thank your organization as well for your support and assistance to the needy. There is folk Chechen saying "Find a good neighbor first and then buy your house". We had to go through hell and survive to find out what wonderful neighbors we have. Please accept my heart-felt words of deep gratitude,

    Sincerely,

    Luisa Amhadovna Sultanova


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