This Ops Update is intended for reporting on emergency appeals.
The Federation’s mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in 178 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org

Launched on 25 June 2002 for CHF 3,044,000 for 4 months for 25,000 beneficiaries. The Appeal was extended for 5 months, until 31 March 2003, further extended to 31 July 2003, and hereby finally extended until 31 October 2003.

Beneficiaries: 25,000

As a pilot programme, Relief and Rescue Organisation of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has implemented psychological support for the affected people who were traumatised by losing their relatives in Qazvin province, affected by a strong earthquake in June last year.
On 22 June 2002, a devastating earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck northwestern Iran, destroying some parts of three provinces of Qazvin, Hamedan and Zanjan. Some 266 people were killed, around 1,466 wounded and plenty of houses and buildings were

This Ops Update is intended for reporting on emergency appeals.
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in 178 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org

Launched on 25 June 2002 for CHF 3,044,000 for 4 months for 25,000 beneficiaries. The appeal was extended for 5 months, until 31 March 2003 and hereby further extended until 31 July 2003

TEHRAN, Nov 9, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Bank will extend 225 million US dollars to Iran for the reconstruction and economic rehabilitation of areas affected by the June 22 earthquake, the state-run IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

The World Bank will grant the credit to the departments of the Iranian Interior Ministry in the quake-hit zones -- the provinces of Qazvin, Zanjan and Hamedan.

The fund is provided within the framework of development and infrastructure projects, and the Iranian government

This Ops Update is intended for reporting on emergency appeals.
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in 178 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org

Launched on 25 June 2002 for CHF 3,044,000 for 4 months for 25,000 beneficiaries. The appeal is hereby being extended for 5 months, until 31 March 2003.

Beneficiaries: 25,000

Period covered: 25 July - 31 October 2002 ;

This report includes:
(A) Asia Region: (1) DPR of Korea

(B) East and Southern Africa Region: (1) Regional overview, (2) Lesotho, (3) Malawi, (4) Mozambique, (5) Zambia, (6) Zimbabwe, (7) Swaziland, (8) Ethiopia, (9) Sudan, (10) Uganda, (11) Burundi

(C) West Africa Region: (1) Sierra Leone (2) Guinea (3) Mauritania

(D) Central Africa Region: (1) Angola

(E) West and Central Asia Region: (1) Afghanistan, (2) Iran

TEHRAN, Sept 9 (AFP) - The United States has agreed to dispatch about 12,000 new hygiene kits to Iran to replace the expired kits it sent for victims of a devastating June earthquake, a UNICEF official in Tehran said Monday.

"The USAID (United States Agency for International Development), a governmental agency, has agreed to send the new kits and a plane carrying the aid will arrive soon," said the official from the United Nations Children's Fund.

On July 3, a plane carrying US government aid for the earthquake victims landed in Iran in an unusual gesture by

On 23 July, Kuwaiti Ambassador in Iran Majdi Ali Alzafiri met with President of the IRCS Dr. Ahmad Ali Noorbala in Tehran to donate USD 75,000 to the IRCS for the benefit of the victims of the recent earthquake, which struck the provinces of Hamedan, Qazvin, and Zanjan last month.
"Improving the conditions of life of people who live in the tent camps, ensuring health as well as helping in reconstruction of some parts of the health, medical, relief, and training centres are the main goals of the IRCS in the reconstruction phase of the

Generous Singaporeans have yet again come forward to contribute and assist its neighbours in need. More than S$160,000 have been raised for victims of the earthquake in Iran and floods in China during the appeal launched in July. During the one-month appeal, more than S$100,000 was raised for the victims of floods in China and almost S$62,000 for victims of earthquake in Iran.
The funds will be channelled to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Federation) to support its on-going relief operations in the two countries. The Federation