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Legal Resource Center The USAID-funded Legal Resource Center at the Turkmen State University provides seminars and trainings for law students.
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Community-based Initiatives USAID helped establish 11 community-based resource centers to provide civic training, legal consultations, computer access, information, and other services to local residents and community organizations.
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Celebration of a project completion in Dashoguz From 2003-2006, USAID’s Civil Society Support Initiative provided 140 grants for Turkmen communities to implement infrastructure projects, which have benefited over 300,000 citizens. These grants helped to rehabilitate 23 schools, 15 buildings, 8 sport centers and play grounds, 5 clinics, and 12 other structures.
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Teachers being trained in interactive teaching methods From 2003-2006 hundreds of secondary schools teachers in Lebap Velayat received trainings on interactive teaching methods with support from USAID. This community initiative, called Thinkers, was carried out by the USAID-funded Civil Society Support Initiative, implemented by Coutnerpart International, and the Lebap Velayat Educational Center # 2.
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Community members discuss strategy Through 2006, USAID programs have conducted 124 trainings for over 2,000 community members and approximately 20 NGOs. Such trainings help participants to improve self-governance and operation of community groups and establish stronger cooperation with local administrations.
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Preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS In 2007 USAID and the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on the prevention of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections. According to the agreement, the USAID CAPACITY project assists in the implementation of the Turkmenistan National Program for Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS.
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Happy delivery USAID’s ZdravPlus and Healthy Family projects helped to develop and are assisting in implementation of Turkmenistan’s national Safe Motherhood program, focused on decreasing maternal and child death rates. The program was adopted by the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry in Turkmenistan in 2006.
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Women receive information on child diseases USAID’s ZdravPlus project has reached more than 60,000 Turkmenistanis through health education campaigns since 2002. The campaigns raise the awareness of nurses and mothers about dangerous symptoms of child diseases. More than 500 nurses have participated in these initiatives.
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Family physicians trained Two USAID projects, ZdravPlus and the Healthy Family, help introduce the WHO-recommended treatment methods for children (IMCI). By 2007 the two projects helped train 846 family physicians on these methods.
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New family medical centers opened USAID helped open two family medical centers in Ashgabat, where doctors and nurses from all over the country gain practical skills in modern family medicine.
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WHO live birth definition implemented With USAID funding, CDC and UNICEF trained 124 medical specialists on the WHO criteria for the live birth definition, which was adopted for countrywide implementation in January 2007.
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Rubella and Measles Vaccination Campaign In 2007 USAID provided UNICEF a $600,000 grant to support the Government of Turkmenistan’s national measles and rubella vaccination campaign, recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). The initiative will help the government to implement a new schedule of vaccinations in the country.
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Salt Iodination Through a grant to UNICEF, USAID supports salt iodination in Turkmenistan.
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Community Support In 2006, a USAID program worked with 18 communities, teaching them to identify community health needs, search for resources, and plan solutions to identified needs. Twelve communities received $42,000 in grants to support their projects.
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Financial Reform USAID and its partner organizations, such as Project HOPE, help to implement WHO-recommended TB treatment programs in five pilot sites in Ashgabat, Balkanabad, Turkmenbashi, Mary, and Serdar. These pilots cover 17.5% of country’s population. USAID-funded projects provide training to medical staff, technical assistance, and medical supplies for TB laboratories.
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Training Teachers Children enjoy interactive lessons. USAID’s education programs trained nearly 600 Turkmenistani teachers across the country in interactive teaching and learning methodology from 2003-2006.
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Farmers examine field-grown cabbage for aphids The USAID-funded Farmer-to-Farmer program regularly organizes trainings for farmers and agricultural specialists in all five velayats of Turkmenistan on the methods of crop protection from pests. Such specialized trainings have helped increase harvests of fruit, cabbage, melons, and other widely grown crops.
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A Greenhouse full of promise The new USAID AgLinks project will provide assistance to farmers, agribusinesses, and traders in agricultural goods to help agricultural products reach their markets and increase incomes for all participants of this chain. The four-year project concentrates on business and investment planning, access to credit, and increased access to information on markets.
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Water for our fields From 2004-2007 USAID supported 15 farmer organizations in Mary and Dashoguz regions. USAID funded rehabilitation and construction of irrigation canals, electrical lines, water pumps, as well as reclamation of 600 hectares of land. Additionally, USAID helped establish two Agriculture Support Centers that provide consultations and training to farmers.
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USAID in Turkmenistan
USAID began providing assistance to Turkmenistan in 1993, soon after the country became independent. Since that time, the American people through USAID have provided over $80 million in programs that help improve social services, expand access to information, and increase the development of market and agriculture. USAID programs cooperate with ministries, governmental organizations, businesses, and communities to create jobs, increase incomes, improve professional knowledge, and better manage available resources.
USAID supports the Government of Turkmenistan in its efforts to adopt international health care practices, implement programs for surveillance and prevention of infectious diseases and illnesses, such as malaria, TB, and HIV/AIDS, and to improve education system. Numerous enterprises receive assistance to improve their productivity and revenues, and individuals benefit from USAID-supported trainings that expand their professional skills and knowledge. USAID also provides Turkmen citizens with greater access to information and organizational skills to identify and address community needs by working in coordination with local authorities and the business community.
USAID operates under a bilateral agreement with the Government of Turkmenistan, and is a leading bilateral donor organization in Turkmenistan. USAID programs in Turkmenistan are implemented through contracts and grants by more than 20 local and international organizations, including U.N. agencies, for profit companies, and community organizations.
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