Press Release No:2011/ECA/546

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2011 – The World Bank’s Board of Directors today approved an Additional Grant in the amount of US$ 1 million to support the on-going Disaster Hazard Mitigation Project in the Kyrgyz Republic. The additional funds would enable repairing the flood damage inflicted last spring on crucial road infrastructure necessary for the transport of radioactive materials from their currently unsafe locations to the new and engineered disposal sites.

This report covers the period 01/January/10 to 31/December/10

Programme outcome: The National Society programmes are aligned with the strategic aims of the Strategy 2020 to save lives, protect livelihoods, and strengthen recovery from disasters and crises; enable healthy and safe living; and promote social inclusion and culture of non-violence and peace.
The capacity-building efforts are in line with the enabling action one to build strong National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross Red Crescent response to emergencies. The DREF is a vital part of the International Federation's disaster response system and increases the ability of National Societies to respond to disasters.

Summary: CHF 100,044 was allocated from the Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 9 June, 2010 to support the national society in delivering assistance to some 2,835

Setting the foundations for rapid crisis response

ACTED has been working in disaster risk reduction in Kyrgyzstan and neighbouring Tajikistan for almost a decade. ACTED first worked with the Kyrgyzstan Ministry of Emergency Situations (MoES) and its equivalent in Tajikistan to set up REACT (Rapid Emergency Assessment and Coordination Team) - a rapid response mechanism that brings together national and local ministries and agencies involved in all areas of emergency response .

ACTED supported the organisation of REACT's

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Pakistan has been hit by the worst floods in decades with over 20 million affected-people in the country, outnumbering those of the 2004 Tsunami or of this year earthquake in Haiti. In the North West as well as in the South of the country, the torrential rains have wrecked entire villages, swallowed up by rivers in spate that have turned into wrenching torrents sweeping away houses, crops and livestock. Thanks to its presence in both Swat and Dir, ACTED was able to launch emergency activities as early as August 3rd, that is as soon as floods started to retreat.

This report covers the period 01/01/2010 to 30/06/2010.

In brief

Programme outcome: The National Society programmes are aligned with the strategic aims of the Strategy 2020 to save lives, protect livelihoods, and strengthen recovery from disasters and crises; enable healthy and safe living; and promote social inclusion and culture of non-violence and peace. The capacity-building efforts are in line with the enabling action one to build strong National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Programmes summary: Within the disaster

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Context and methodology

- WFP has carried out food security assessments in Kyrgyzstan since 2008, using data collected by the Kyrgyz Integrated Household Survey (KIHS). In view of the violent civil unrest in April and June 2010 in several oblasts of the country, an update of the situation was felt necessary as results of the 2010 KIHS would not be available before 2011.

- The nation-wide Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA) was designed to provide statistically representative household food security data at national, rural, urban and oblast levels

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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent emergency response. The DREF is a vital part of the International Federation's disaster response system and increases the ability of National Societies to respond to disasters.

Period covered by this update: 9 June to 15 July, 2010.

Summary: CHF 100,044 (USD 86,014 or EUR