Tbilisi Flood: Donations exceed 24m GEL

A total of 24,550,076 million GEL has been donated to a special account opened by the Government of Georgia so people in Georgia and around the globe can donate to the Tbilisi flood relief fund.

Officials said the loss inflicted by the disaster exceeded 100 million GEL.

Georgia’s Finance Ministry announced all donations totalled 24,225,238 million GEL, $733,649 USD and €64,762 since the June 13 disaster.

About 400 people from 80 families were affected by the flash flood.

The Patriarchate of Georgia was among the donors - he supported the flood-affected families with a 100,000 GEL donation.

Meanwhile the Presidential Reserve Fund allocated 200,000 GEL and the Governmental Reserve Fund allocated 150,000 GEL to the relief fund.

The Government of Georgia opened several special accounts at the State Treasury so people in Georgia and abroad can donate to the Tbilisi flood relief fund in local and foreign currencies.

One bank account was established for donations in US dollar while a second was set up for donations in Euro. Other accounts were established for donations in Lari, the national currency of Georgia.

A separate account has also opened at the State Treasury for transferring money to the Municipal Budget of Tbilisi.

If you wish to donate to the Tbilisi flood relief fund, you can find full details of the donation accounts here.

Also, check to see if you can donate to the Tbilisi flood relief funds in other foreign currencies.