In the Republic of Tadzhikistan a disaster happened on the night of May 7, 2010 causing a tremendous damage to the communities of Kulyab city, Muminabad rayon, Vose, and Shurobad Khaltonsk Oblast. Torrential floods smashed 19 schools, 12 hospitals, 80 bridges, 531 kilometers of highways, 122 kilometers of channels, 109 kilometers of electric power transmission lines, and about 20 thousand hectares of arable land. The communities became victims of the disaster, as they lost overnight what they had possessed.
Currently international organizations are providing for victims of the disaster with humanitarian relief, but it is not enough. Irkutsk Oblast Non-profit Organization Board of “Pivand” Tadzhik National and Cultural Society has set up headquarters for money and cloth drive to support the victims of the disaster. If you are partial to the problem, please, feel free to call Murivat Rakhmatovich Malikshoyev at 89642720527, e-mail: MMR58@mail.ru (in Irkutsk), Said Nuraliyevich Sapharaliyev at 89149490363 or 89246141549 (in Ust’-Ilimsk).