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 185 countries.

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Final Report;

Period covered: 11 January to 11 June, 2007;

Final appeal coverage: 70 %1.

Appeal history:

- Launched on 11 January 2007 for CHF 487,745 (USD 391,474 or EUR 301,872) for five months to assist 6,660 beneficiaries.

- Appeal target revised to CHF 657,055 (USD 540,725 or EUR 406,670) with Operations Update no.2.

Appeal Target: US$ 235,274
Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: US$ 143,774
Geneva, 23 May 2007

Dear Colleagues,

Disasters result from the joint impact of a hazards and human vulnerability. Both appear to have increased in Central Asia, especially since the last decade due to seismological, geological and socio-economic reasons. Hazards identified by the communities include avalanches, mud flows, floods, droughts, chemical or nuclear waste fallout exposed by flooding/mudflows and earthquakes. All of which are exacerbated

AFRICA

HORN OF AFRICA FLOODS

Unusually heavy rains during the months of October and November have turned large parts of the Horn of Africa into flood disaster areas with loss of life, massive displacement, and loss of livelihoods and assets in particularly in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia. Accumulated estimates from the three countries put the total number of affected people between 1, 5 and 1, 8 million. Emergency response has being mounted by Governments in the affected countries, UN agencies, NGOs and other humanitarian partners.

ETHIOPIA

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 over 185 countries.

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Operations Update no. 1; Period covered: 11 to 29 January, 2007; Appeal target: CHF 487,745 (USD 391,474 or EUR 301,872); Appeal coverage: 34.7%; Outstanding needs: CHF 318,485 (USD 254,255 or EUR 196,360).

Appeal history:

- Launched on 11 January 2007 for CHF 487,745 (USD 391,474 or EUR 301,872) for five months to assist 6,660 beneficiaries.

by Assel Tastanova, Information Officer, Regional Delegation for Central Asia, and Elena Pavluk, Information Officer, Kyrgyz Red Crescent

At 2am on 26 December 2006, the inhabitants of the Kochkork village and other towns and villages of Chui and Issyk-kul in Kyrgyzstan awoke to a rumble quickly followed by strong tremors.

An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale had struck, its epicentre on the Terskei Alatau mountainsides 30 kilometres from Kochkork and 140 kilometres south-east of the capital Bishkek.

Working together with national and local

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 185 countries.

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This DREF Bulletin is being issued based on the situation described below reflecting the information available at this time. CHF 100,000 (USD 81,941 or EUR 62,236) was allocated from the Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to respond to the needs in this operation. This operation is expected to be implemented over onem