DanChurchAid: Eastern Europa & Central Asia

First National Forum of “Act Development Central Asia"

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:41:27 GMT

The first ever National Forum of “Act Development Central Asia” Alliance was successfully held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on November 6-7. The Forum brought together five international development agencies – ICCO (the Netherlands), DanChurchAid (DCA, Denmark), Christian Aid (United Kingdom), Norwegian Church Aid and Hungarian Interchurch Aid – and more than fifteen non-governmental organisations and microfinance institutions from Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. More than 40 representatives of the organisations participated in this historic event.

Global credit crisis threatens the poorest

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:02:50 GMT

The global credit crisis will have dramatic consequences for the poorest, because those who fund
them are hit by the breakdown," says John Nduna, director of ACT International.

Advocates of the poor in former Soviet Republic

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:53:54 GMT

Small seeds for an active civil society are starting to grow in the poor Central Asian Republic Kyrgyzstan where children have to work to get an income to the family

Help for Georgian refugees

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:22:48 GMT

DanChurchAid prepares a Material Aid support of 750.000 DKK for foodstuffs, sanitary and household packages for the 30.000 refugees, that fled to Russian North Ossetia from Georgian South Ossetia in early august

Husband and wife team up in Kyrgyzstan self help group

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:49:49 GMT

In Central Asian countries the fight for women to strengthen their rights and move closer to full partnership with men is well documented by international organizations. One example of such partnership in Kyrgzstan is Avazbek Balthabaev and his wife Paiza Bathaeva, who work as a team in both business and in self-help groups in their community.

Where have all the young men gone? Gone to Russia everyone

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:58:13 GMT

Where have all the young men gone, gone to Russia everyone," might be the modified refrain of a folk song in many a rural village in Tajikistan, at least for the women left behind. This is the 4th part in the series on self help groups in Central Asia, written by Peter Kenny.

Helping the poorest

Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:23:49 GMT

DanChurchAid and local partners work together to find sustainable solutions to problems experienced by the most vulnerable and marginalised groups in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan women met to combat loneliness, then tackled government

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT

Margarita Zobnina, a medical biologist in the nursing profession, joined a women's group in her native Kazakhstan after the collapse of the Soviet Union, at a time when women faced not only increasing impoverishment but also loneliness.

Water everywhere, though not a drop for the pensioners

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:21:53 GMT

There should be plenty of water at the town of Balykchy, where property prices are booming for some. But the faces of the elderly at the local community centre look crestfallen.

Self help groups along Asia's forgotten Old Silk Road

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:43:54 GMT

If the main bridge across the Rhone River in central Geneva collapsed and was not repaired, or attended to within days, or even hours, residents of the Swiss city would be up in arms, lobbying and harassing local, regional or federal authorities to act. Action would likely soon be taken.