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Tajikistan: Floods and avalanches, DREF operation n° MDRTJ013

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CHF 92,711 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan in delivering immediate assistance to some 156 households (936 people) and to replenish the emergency stocks. Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are encouraged.

Summary: Heavy snowfalls and unusual low temperatures in the past months have caused many problems all over Tajikistan. According to the Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense (CoES) of Tajikistan, more than 155 natural disasters in the form of floods, earthquakes and avalanches were registered during February-April 2012. The Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan responded to the 16 medium scale disasters through its branches by deploying national disaster response teams and local disaster committees (NDRT and LDCs) to conduct assessment, render first aid and provision of humanitarian aid to the most affected and vulnerable households from its prepositioned disaster preparedness stocks in Emergency Response Centers (ERC). The preliminary assessment results revealed that the total number of affected households is 926 (5,556 people) all over the country.

The National Society targeted 105 most affected households (630 people) and already has provided humanitarian aid with non food items (please see table 1) from its disaster preparedness stocks and intends to provide support to 51 additional households (306 people) most affected and vulnerable in Kulob region, Temurmalik district and Roshtkala districts of Badakhshon Province.

This operation is expected to be implemented over four months, and will therefore be completed by 10th August 2012; a Final Report will be made available three months after the end of the operation (by 10th November 2012).