CARE Tajikistan Winter Emergency Response to support the most vulnerable people in Tajikistan - Final Project Report

Author(s)
Francis, S.
Publication language
English
Pages
24pp
Date published
16 Jul 2008
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Children & youth, Disasters, Food and nutrition, Gender, Health
Countries
Tajikistan
Organisations
CARE International

On February 28, 2008 CARE Tajikistan received a grant from DFID in the amount of USD 230,000 to implement winter emergency response activities in Tajikistan’s Yovon, Vahdat, Varzob, Hissar, Sharinav districts and Dushanbe City during the period February thru’ April 2008.
CARE planned to assist 25,800* people with their immediate livelihood and health needs through the provision of food, cash, heating and mobile health services to counterbalance the hardships experienced by the people of Tajikistan as a result of the severe winter and energy crisis in the country.
The project aims to prevent death, serious illness, and starvation of the most vulnerable members of rural and urban population in Tajikistan, caused by the ongoing severe winter and energy crisis in the country.