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KABUL (TCA) — The European Union (EU) on September 23 announced it will contribute 25 million euros (about $29 million) in the form of a four-year grant to help Afghan children on the move and to end polio, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported. Continue reading
GULISTON, Tajikistan (TCA) — The Branch of the German CARITAS Association in Tajikistan brought together 70 children with disabilities, their parents and community rehabilitation workers from Ayni district in Shohin sanatorium to have a one-week recreation. The summer camp launched formally by making a campfire on the evening of the first day. Representatives from Caritas Germany, local partner organizations “ASTI” and “DARO” and Shohin sanatorium in their welcome and opening remarks said that children with disabilities along with children without disabilities have equal rights and access to health, education and recreational services. It was also noted that the Tajik President and Government always pay particular attention to well-being of persons with disabilities and the signing of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by the President of Tajikistan in March 2018 witnesses the above-mentioned words. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — The Taliban says it has withdrawn from a security agreement with the International Committee of the Red Crescent (ICRC) that guarantees safety for the international organization's workers across Afghanistan, RFE/RL reports. Continue reading
KULOB, Tajikistan (TCA) — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on August 10 held a special event in Tajikistan to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week to highlight the importance of breastfeeding as key to children’s survival, nutrition and early development. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Five Kyrgyz students with disabilities and one coach traveled to the United States from June 21 to July 5 to experience American culture and polish their basketball skills. The Wheelchair Basketball program is part of the Sports Visitor Program, a U.S. Department of State initiative to empower emerging youth leaders, support disability rights and inclusion, and promote people-to-people exchange. This program is part of the U.S. Embassy’s efforts to increase opportunities for people with disabilities in the Kyrgyz Republic, including such events as the February visit of U.S. Speaker Sara Minkara, President of Empowerment Through Integration, on inclusion and entrepreneurship and the 2017 visit of U.S. Paralympian snowboarder Dustin Fleming, the US Embassy in Kyrgyzstan reported. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Branch of the German CARITAS Association in Tajikistan jointly with the Local Government Authority of Ayni district and its partner Public Organizations “ASTI” and “DARO” on the eve of the Day of Persons with Disabilities and Elderly People which is marked on July 8 every year in Tajikistan, organized a friendly wheelchair basketball match between wheelchair basketball teams of Dushanbe city and Sughd region that was attended by the representatives from government, non-government and international organizations, and residents of Ayni district, particularly disabled children and their family members. Continue reading
