CHURCH WORLD SERVICE: EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM
SITUATION REPORT: AFGHANISTAN EARTHQUAKE
April 12, 2002


SITUATION: Another earthquake has hit Baghlan province in northern
Afghanistan – the site of an earthquake last month and the third major
quake to hit northern Afghanistan this year.

Dozens -- at least 30 people and maybe 100 -- were killed in today's
quake, and the death toll may rise. However, officials said casualties
will not be as high as last month's quake because many of the survivors of
that are still living in tents or in the open, the BBC reported.

Most of the casualties in the current quake lived in the village of Doabi
(or Dawabi), which is near Nahrin, the city devastated by the March
earthquake. At least 800 people are believed to have perished in that
disaster.


RESPONSE: CWS is monitoring the situation; following last month's quake,
Church World Service (CWS)  Pakistan/Afghanistan distributed 7,000 quilts
through its local partner Shuhada, as well as shelter assistance and food
through its partner Norwegian Project Office (NPO). The quilts are made by
Afghan women as part of a CWS-sponsored quilt-making income generation
project.


Call the CWS HOTLINE for updates: (800) 297-1516.

For further information about disasters to which Church World Service is
responding, contact CWS Emergency Response.

Telephone: (212) 870-3151
E-mail: donnajderr@aol.com
After-hours emergency pager: (800) 780-0853
Web site: www.cwserp.org


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