Khusrav Sharifov, UNDP in Tajikistan
school #20 in Dushanbe
Tajikistan, a small country in Central Asia, is located in one of the most seismically active regions of the world. There are 2,000 to 3,000 tremors registered in the country each year. Since 2007, UNDP in Tajikistan has been raising awareness about seismic risks in the capital city of Dushanbe, while conducting an inventory of residential and social buildings – schools, hospitals, kindergartens – to identify how vulnerable the building are to earthquakes. The initiative is co-funded by the Disaster Risk Preparedness Programme of the European Commission’s humanitarian aid department and UNDP in Tajikistan.
