DanChurchAid
Other countries
DanChurchAid in other countries
Although present mainly in Russia, Kyrgystan, Kazakhstan and Macedonia, DanChurchAid supports a range of project in the central asian and eastern european region, especially through partner networks. Read more about our work in the articles below.
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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Participants of the Second Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference in Moscow have confirmed to each other that many positive developments have been taking place since the first conference was held in 2006.
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Although the floods in Eastern Europe have faded from the news, the situation remains critical in parts of Romania, reports AIDRom, a member of the global alliance ACT International.
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Parts of Hungary, Serbia and Romania are trying to control flood waters from the swollen Danube River, while residents of many threatened communities are being evacuated as a precaution.
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