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.
In Brief
This Bulletin is being issued for information only, and reflects the situation and the information available at this time. The Federation is not seeking funding or other assistance from donors for this operation at this time.
The International Federation undertakes activities that are aligned with its Global Agenda, which sets out four broad goals to achieve the Federation's mission to "improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity".
Global Agenda Goals:
- Reduce the numbers of deaths, injuries and impact from disasters.
- Reduce the number of deaths, illnesses and impact from diseases and public health emergencies.
- Increase local community, civil society and Red Cross Red Crescent capacity to address the most urgent situations of vulnerability.
- Reduce intolerance, discrimination and social exclusion and promote respect for diversity and human dignity.
The Situation
On the 22 July at 3.44 in the morning, an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit Rasht valley in Rasht district. Preliminary information was received from the Committee of Emergency Situations (CoES) of Tajikistan, Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan (RCST) branch of Rasht district and Rapid Emergency Assessment and Coordination Team (REACT) members working in Rasht valley. The information states that a number of persons were killed and several were injured, 170 houses were totally destroyed and more than 1,000 houses were partly damaged. In total it can be estimated that around 7,000 people have been affected.
For further information specifically related to this operation please contact:
The Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan, email: rcstj01@mail.ru, phone number: 992372 24 03 74, fax number: 992372 24 53 78
Tajikistan Delegation, Elias Ghanem (Head of Delegation), email: hod@ifrcdsb.org, phone: + 992372 244296 or 245981, fax:+992372 248520
In the Europe Zone office, Budapest: Leon Prop, (Deputy Head of Zone), email: leon.prop@ifrc.org, phone + 36 12483300, Fax + 36 1248 3311
Geneva secretariat: Sylvie Chevalley (regional officer), email: Sylvie.chevalley@ifrc.org phone: 41 22 730 4276.
All International Federation assistance seeks to adhere to the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's) in Disaster Relief and is committed to the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response (Sphere) in delivering assistance to the most vulnerable.
For longer-term programmes in this or other countries or regions, please refer to the Federation's Annual Appeal. For support to or for further information concerning Federation programmes or operations in this or other countries, or for national society profiles, please also access the Federation's website at http://www.ifrc.org