Appeal for drought victims in Iran

IFRC News 15/02
In order to extend its essential drought relief programme in Iran until May 2003, the International Federation has appealed for 900,000 Swiss francs to continue its assistance to 65,000 people in the province of Sistan ve Baluchistan. Five years of crippling drought in south-eastern Iran have caused water levels to reach record lows. With many reservoirs and lakes completely dry and the water in some wells too salty to drink, the only source of water for tens of thousands of people is that distributed by the Iranian Red Crescent at 32 locations, under a highly successful Federation programme which started in September 2000. Each family receives about 30 litres of water a day through a network of tanks.