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Tajikistan: Floods and avalanches DREF operation n° MDRTJ013 - Final report

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Summary: CHF 92,711 was 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.

Increased and intense precipitations with unusually high temperatures at the lower elevations of the country in February and throughout May 2012 triggered numerous mudflows, floods and avalanches in different districts of the country. According to the Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence of Tajikistan (CoES), 155 natural disasters in form of floods, mudslides, earthquakes and avalanches were registered during the first quarter of the year 2012. These small and medium scale disasters destroyed hundreds of houses totally or partially and left thousands of people homeless, destroying their properties and livestock. Roads, electricity lines, water pipes and other infrastructural objects were damaged. Frequent power cuts and water shortages throughout the country both in rural and urban areas, as well as the rise of fuel prices accompanied with the rise of food prices deeply impacted the life and living conditions of the population.

The Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan (RCST) mobilized its resources to respond to 16 medium scale disasters through deploying its National Disaster Response teams (NDRT) and Local Disaster Committees (LDC). RCST staff and volunteers actively participated in the joint assessments conducted together with the related governmental structures, rendered first aid and provided humanitarian assistance in the form of tents, mattresses, bed-linens, kitchen and hygiene sets to the most affected and vulnerable households. Some 156 highly affected households (936 people) throughout the country were covered by the non-food humanitarian aid of the Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan.

The Government of the Netherlands contributed CHF 48,071 through the Netherlands Red Cross to the DREF in replenishment of the allocation made for this operation, covering 52% of the total amount of the operation`s costs.

After finalizing operations there is still an outstanding working advance on this operation that needs to be reported. As this does not affect the operation and is purely a financial matter, IFRC is submitting an interim financial report to the DREF Final narrative report. Once the working advance report is booked, final financial report will be submitted and the narrative will be amended accordingly.

The major donors and partners of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) include the Australian, American and Belgian Governments, the Austrian Red Cross, the Canadian Red Cross and the Canadian Government, the Danish Red Cross and the Danish Government, the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO), the Irish and the Italian Governments, the Japanese Red Cross Society, the Luxembourg Government, the Monaco Red Cross and the Monaco Government, the Netherlands Red Cross and the Netherlands Government, the Norwegian Red Cross and the Norwegian Government, the Spanish Government, the Swedish Red Cross and the Swedish Government, the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), the Medtronic and Z Zurich Foundations, and other corporate and private donors. Details of all donors can be found at http://www.ifrc.org/docs/appeals/Active/MAA00010_2012.pdf