Families that migrated about five years ago searching for a better life have found nothing but hardship in their new home

By Sayrahmon Nazriev in Bishkent (RCA No. 483, 20-Feb-07)

Firuza seems a place forgotten. The settlement or jamoat - a remnant of the large collective farms of the Soviet era - in the south of the country is worn and tired. Concrete houses, also dating from Soviet years, line the few streets. Some of the buildings are unfinished; others have been ransacked. The walls of the half-built cultural centre at the entrance to the town have long since been removed.

DUSHANBE, 7 July (IRIN) - With a landscape dominated by mountains, Tajikistan is prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and landslides. Such disasters regularly create emergencies in the former Soviet Central Asian republic. As the country's Deputy Minister of Emergencies and Civil Defence, Abdurahim Radjabov faces daunting challenges with little resources in hand.
In an Interview with IRIN, Radjabov maintained that the rising water levels in Sarez lake could threaten millions in Tajikistan, as well as in neighbouring Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

GENERAL

In Brief
Appeal No.: 01.86/2003

Target: CHF 6,705,034 (USD 4.96 million/ EUR 4.3 million)

Coverage: 57.7%

Appeal 2004: Tajikistan No. 01.83/2004 http://www.ifrc.org/cgi/pdf_appeals.pl?annual04/018304.pdf

This document reports on and analyses achievements within the International Federation's 2003 annual appeal for Tajikistan. The activities supported by this appeal fell within the

DUSHANBE, April 14 (AFP) - A child was killed and a dozen homes destroyed in Tajikistan as heavy rains triggered massive mudslides over the weekend, the emergencies ministry said Monday.

The 12-year-old died Sunday after being carried several kilometers (miles) by the raging floods, which struck the southeast of the Central Asian country, including the capital Dushanbe.

The ministry said the 12-year-old was a boy, but the interior ministry said the victim was a girl.

Around 200 houses were affected by the mudslides -- many left without electricity -- and around 500 domesticated

GENERAL
The month of March was marked by regular heavy snow falls and rains, resulting in a number of small-scale incidental mudslides, floods and avalanches in various parts of the country, especially in Khatlon and GBAO. Access became a major issue in mountain areas, along with damage to communication lines, dams and bank-enforcement structures, which are being resolved by the MES and the local authorities.

Major political events and visits:

President of RT visited Belgium, Germany and participated in the International Forum of Clean Water in Kyoto, Japan.

ISLAMABAD, 7 March (IRIN) - A landslide in the southern Khatlon Province last week devastated more than half the houses in a village, forcing people to take shelter in a local school. "It's a very major slide, but fortunately it was quite slow moving, meaning that people managed to escape," Paul Handley, a humanitarian affairs officer with the UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told IRIN from the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, on Friday.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies reported on 1 March that the hillside

Map shows general location of the town of Ghorvodor, which was affected by a landslide on 26 Feb 2003
See IFRC Information Bulletin No. 1 for more information