Tajikistan

6,900 Residents Gain Steady Access to Irrigation Water in Qubodiyon

02/06/2013

Representatives from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) participated in a ceremony to officially open Havaskor-1 Water User Association in the Qubodiyon district. Read more »

USAID Helps Reduce Child Mortality in Tajikistan

Rural and mountainous Tajikistan has the highest under-five child mortality rate in Central Asia[1] and many of these deaths are caused, directly or indirectly, by chronic malnutrition. The Director for the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) program in the Vakhdat region, Dr. Olga Akobirova, says that parents often don’t know how to feed their children. Read more »

Regional Community Connections Project

Duration: 
September 2012 - September 2015

Community Connections Project is a cultural and professional exchange visitor program whose broad public diplomacy and development goal is to contribute to democratic and economic reforms in CAR countries of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan by encouraging active citizen participation in democratic processes and promoting mutual understanding between American and Central Asian people.  Exchanges programs are an effective cross cutting tool that transfers new skills and knowledge a Read more »

Regional Community Connections Project

Duration: 
September 2012 - September 2015

Community Connections Project is a cultural and professional exchange visitor program whose broad public diplomacy and development goal is to contribute to democratic and economic reforms in CAR countries of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan by encouraging active citizen participation in democratic processes and promoting mutual understanding between American and Central Asian people.  Exchanges programs are an effective cross cutting tool that transfers new skills and knowledge a Read more »

Regional Community Connections Project

Duration: 
September 2012 - September 2015

Community Connections Project is a cultural and professional exchange visitor program whose broad public diplomacy and development goal is to contribute to democratic and economic reforms in CAR countries of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan by encouraging active citizen participation in democratic processes and promoting mutual understanding between American and Central Asian people.  Exchanges programs are an effective cross cutting tool that transfers new skills and knowledge a Read more »

U.S. Government Opens Resource Center

12/18/2012

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Tajik State Medical University’s department of Public Health and Medical Statistics celebrated the opening of the department’s new health resource center. Read more »

U.S. Government Reduces School Dropout in Khatlon

12/12/2012

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) celebrated the launch of its School Dropout Prevention Pilot Program in Khatlon oblast.  U.S. Ambassador Susan Elliot, Minister of Education of the Republic of Tajikistan Nouridin Saidov, and other Ministry of Education officials attended the event. The launch ceremony, held at Danghara School #2, marked the official kick-off of the school-based activities of the USAID program to reduce the dropout rate of grade 9 students. Read more »

U.S. Government Delivers New Waste Disposal Trucks to Jamoat Leaders

11/30/2012

The U.S. Agency USAID/Tajikistan Country Director Kathleen McDonald participated in the transfer of three specialized waste disposal trucks to the jamoats of Isfisor, Zarzamin, and Gafurov. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funded and implemented the project through its Local Development Initiative. 

Ms. McDonald, Mr. Sodik Mirholikov, Chairman of the Gafurov District, and Mr. Gafur Hakimov, Deputy Chairman of the Sughd Oblast, presented the jamoat leaders with keys to the new trucks. Read more »

U. S. Government Opens Water User Association Office in Khatlon

12/10/2012

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Country Director, Kathleen McDonald participated in a ceremony to officially open the office for the Nahri Kalon Water User Association in Yangiyul Jamoat of Qubodiyon district. The ceremony was attended by local government officials, U.S. Embassy representatives, local citizens, and implementers of the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future initiative. Read more »

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