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WFP provides emergency food assistance to families affected by mudslide

DUSHANBE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) distributed this week one-month food assistance for more than 9,500 people affected by mudslide in Khatlon Region’s Khuroson District.

date:  26/05/2020

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More than 300 homes in N. Asadullo, 18th Hizb, Khuroson and Pakhtaobod villages were damaged or destroyed by a devastating mudslide following heavy rainfalls between 14-16 May. WFP provided emergency relief assistance of fortified wheat flour to all affected families following a request from the Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of Tajikistan (CoES).

Full text available here: https://www.wfp.org/news/wfp-provides-emergency-food-assistance-families-affected-mudslide