tajikistan

UN agency seeks $8 million to feed Tajiks hit by record low temperatures

22 February 2008
The harshest winter Tajikistan has seen in decades has prompted a food and energy crisis leaving some 200,000 in need of emergency aid, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today as it appealed for $8.3 million to help those affected.

UN appeals for $25 million to aid Tajiks facing harshest winter in decades

18 February 2008
The United Nations, together with the Government of Tajikistan, today appealed for $25 million to help humanitarian agencies provide adequate food, water, heat and health care during the most severe winter the country has seen in nearly three decades.

As temperatures dip to record lows in Tajikistan, UN rushes in aid

1 February 2008
With temperatures in Tajikistan dipping to their lowest levels in a quarter of a century, the United Nations is rushing emergency supplies to over 1,000 desperate refugees there.