Emergency projects

Operating in Tibet, one of the most world’s inhospitable regions and one of the worst hit by natural calamities such as drought and snowstorms, in these years A.S.I.A. has acquired great experience in the emergency sector. In 1998 the first emergency project was executed in aid of the nomad populations of west Tibet realised with funds allocated by the Italian government through OCHA. Currently two other projects financed by ECHO are underway in Qinghai Province in aid of the nomad communities in the area, and another emergency project is about to be started in aid of the nomad populations of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region where A.S.I.A. will operate for the first time.


Emergency and support project for nomad communities in Ngari Prefecture and Nachuka, T.A.R., P.R.C.
Winter 1998. Emergency intervention to assist the nomad communities of Ngari and Nachu Prefectures, T.A.R.	In 1997, due to violent storms that struck the region, millions of heads of livestock froze to death and many families found themselves in dire straits, barely surviving. A.S.I.A. intervened, with a contribution from Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and from OCHA, supplying medicines, livestock and provisions. 6,367 nomads were the beneficiaries of this intervention. Financing: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/OCHA/ A.S.I.A. Duration: 1998
Emergency assistance project for the nomad community of Ngari and Nachuka Provinces, T.A.R., P.R.C.
Extension of the emergency and support intervention for nomad communities in Ngari Prefecture and Nachuka. T.A.R., P.R.C.
OCHA renewed its financing for the period 1999-2000 to extend the emergency intervention started in 1998. 47,168 people benefitted from the distribution of medicines, and 3,008 benefitted from the distribution of 11,718 heads of livestock. Financing: OCHA/MAE Duration: 1999 - December 2000
Snow emergency in Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai Province, P.R.C.
Snow emergency in Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai Province, P.R.C.	This project, financed by ECHO, aimed at assisting the local communities struck by unprecedented snowstorms in 1999 through the distribution of provisions, medicines and livestock. 1,300 Tibetan nomads have benefitted from the distribution of livestock, 6,000 from the distribution of provisions and 53,000 from the distribution of medicines. Financing: ECHO Duration: April 2001- September 2001
Emergency help for drought victims in the eastern area of Qinghai Province. P.R.C.
	This project, financed by ECHO, helped the victims of the drought that struck Qinghai region in summer 2000 by means of the distribution of provisions. 10,000 people have benefitted from the intervention, Financing: ECHO Duration: March 2001 - May 2001

Emergency help for the rural population struck by drought and snowstorms in Tongliao Prefecture, Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, P.R.C
Emergency help for the rural population struck by drought and snow storms in Tongliao Prefecture, Mon Autonomous Region.	The project helped the families worse hit by drought in summer 2000 and by the snowstorms in the following winter, to manage the food emergency and recover economic balance subsistence, and to enable the children to resume lessons in safer buildings. These objectives aims where pursued through the provision of 2,4000 tons of grain to 30,000 people, the distribution of 3,000 goats and sheep to 2,400 people for the reconstitution of herds and the refurbishment of 4 elementary schools which will benefit 500 people among students and teachers. Financing: ECHO Duration: July 2001, underway