Country: Kyrgyzstan Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Please refer to the attached file. The IFRC Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) has allocated CHF 499β151 for the implementation anticipatory actions to reduce and mitigate the impact of Heat Wave in Kyrgyzstan. This Early Action Protocol includes an allocation of CHF 239β078 to preposition stock and undertake annual readiness activities in order to implement early actions, if and when the trigger is reached. The early actions to be conducted have been pre-agreed with the National Society and are described in the Early Action Protocol summary. This report summarizes the annual readiness and prepositioning activities executed in the reporting period. The report also includes changes and updates made to the initially agreed plan. From 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025, the Kyrgyz Red Crescent Society, with technical support from the German Red Cross and funding from the IFRC Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF), implemented the Early Action Protocol on Heat Wave (EAP for HW). The main objective of this protocol was to reduce the negative impact of the abnormally hot weather on vulnerable populations of targeted areas in Kyrgyzstan, including large families, children in orphanages, and older people living in care centres