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BISHKEK (TCA) — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Kyrgyzstan on May 3 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to scale up their collaboration over the next five years and re-affirm their commitment to achieving food security for all in the country. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — More than 300,000 people are expected to benefit from improved services and facilities in their villages thanks to US$ 10 million in financing in the Community Support Project associated with the Central Asia South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Project (CASA-1000). The Kyrgyz CASA-1000 Community Support Project was approved on April 10 by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors, including US$ 5 million a concessional credit and US$ 5 million as a grant. An additional grant of US$ 2 million is being provided from the CASA-1000 Multi-Donor Trust Fund supported by the UK Department for International Development and the US Government. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — A programme that helps rural women in Kyrgyzstan gain access to new economic opportunities has received significant financial support from the Swedish government, FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia said on March 26. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Representatives of 23 municipalities of Osh and Naryn provinces of Kyrgyzstan were awarded grant certificates in the amount of KGS 38 million at the ceremony held on March 23 in Bishkek. The grants will be used to solve priority issues identified by the citizens, such as construction of kindergartens and improvement of water services, the Embassy of Switzerland in the Kyrgyz Republic reported. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — In Tajikistan, more than 20 percent of children under the age of five are stunted. Stunting and undernutrition in childhood are usually the result of several contributing factors related to environment, food, hygiene, and health. Risks related to malnutrition are most concentrated in rural areas of Tajikistan, underscoring the large disparity between rural and urban areas, the World Bank reported on March 20. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — A kindergarten was inaugurated in Besh-Koruk village in the rural municipality of Aleksandrovka in Kyrgyzstan’s northern Chui province on March 19. One hundred new places for children between 2.5 and 6 years are created. This has been achieved with the support of the local municipality and the project “Strengthening Voice and Accountability" funded by the Government of Switzerland through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by the Development Policy Institute, the Embassy of Switzerland in the Kyrgyz Republic said. Continue reading
