Initiative “Step to Reconstruction of Homes of Victims in the South of Kyrgyzstan”
Dear friends, citizens of Kyrgyzstan and those who are not indifferent to the fate of the people of Kyrgyzstan!
Horrific violence and instability have burdened the multiethnic people of Kyrgyzstan. When the country faces difficulties, Rural Development Fund, a non-partisan, non-profit, public organization operating in all regions of Kyrgyzstan, is helping to solve them through the initiative "Step to Rebuild Houses in the South of the Country" under the "KADAM - Emergency Help".
RDF launched the KADAM Program, which previously provided small grants to families of single mothers across the country for low-income activities. “Kadam” means “to take a step” from Kyrgyz and Uzbek languages. In connection with the tragic events in the south of the country in June 2010, the RDF initiated a new program "KADAM - Emergency Aid" to provide assistance to affected residents in Osh and Jalal-Abad regions. Using this network, the RDF organized assistance to families who were affected by conflicts in the Osh and Jalal-Abad regions. Unfortunately, we will not be able to bring the victims back to life or reduce the pain of those injured during the tragic events, but we were able to help our compatriots in the south - Uzbeks and Kyrgyz - in the material restoration of their communities, step by step. As part of this initiative, we helped rebuild the homes of affected families in the south, headed by women who do not have their own capabilities and support.
First results of the initiative:
Regardless of ethnicity, assistance was provided to a Uzbek household in the city of Osh. To date, the house of the Zukhra Khakimova family has already been built and commissioned. Thus, the main stage of the Home Building Initiative has been completed, the results of which you can find on our website. After all, to maintain normal living conditions for families, not only the walls of the house were needed, but also vital items and household appliances, household items, other - everything that was destroyed, looted, burned.
Selection criteria for needy families:
- poverty level
- the level of need, calculated according to the degree of family independence and the possibility of recovery
- the absence of a breadwinner (usually a man) in the household (usually several families live in one household).
The selected families are women-headed families with four and younger children and completely destroyed homes and farms - they had no one to rely on.
Here you can find information about a family that has already received a newly built home and family in need of additional help. RDF experts have met with these families, their neighbours and local authorities on several occasions and are in constant contact with them.
2010