About 35 tonnes of emergency supplies will be flow by the Irish aid agency Concern into Albania tomorrow for distribution to Kosovo refugees.
The cargo, which includes medicines, blankets and vehicles, will be distributed at Kukes and Kruma.
Kukes is also the centre of Goal relief operations, although the agency is planning to provide additional aid in the coming weeks to refugees living with Albanian families near the country's capital, Tirana.
Other agencies such as Trocaire have split their efforts between Albania and Macedonia.
Oxfam is hoping to raise £2.5 m worldwide to cover planned spending in Macedonia and Albania. Funds raised by the Irish Red Cross Society are going mainly towards projects run by its international parent society in Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro. Refugee Trust Ireland is also working in Montenegro, specifically the town of Ulcinj, where about 15,000 refugees are based.
Unicef is working with refugees trapped in the "no-man's land" between Kosovo and Macedonia where people have been stopped from crossing the border.
