Kyrgyzstan

ACT members in Kyrgyzstan work on projects to reduce the effect of disaster in communities and to adapt to the changing climate.

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Kyrgyzstan four months on - rebuilding

Kyrgyzstan four months on - rebuilding

Nov 10, 2010

Images from the second ACT assessment mission to Osh in Kyrgyzstan show the ongoing trauma from the violence in June, and some of the progress in rebuilding

Kyrgyzstan: Healing wounds of conflict

Kyrgyzstan: Healing wounds of conflict

Oct 25, 2010

A Kyrgyzstan doctor struggles through illness to keep her patients in good health.

Kyrgyzstan: Quest for political and ethnic cohesion

Kyrgyzstan: Quest for political and ethnic cohesion

Oct 18, 2010

The director of an ACT associate has put her face to election hoardings in Kyrgyzstan in a move of political and ethnic unity.

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ACT in Kyrgyzstan

ACT Alliance organisations meet in what we call a Forum to do joint analysis of the national situation, and joint planning.

Link through to Forum page in ACT Groups

International organisations in Kyrgyzstan
Organisations funding work in Kyrgyzstan
About Kyrgyzstan
  • Population: 5.5 million (UN, 2009)
  • Capital: Bishkek
  • Area: 199,900 sq km (77,182 sq miles)
  • Major languages: Kyrgyz, Russian
  • Major religions: Islam, Christianity
  • Life expectancy: 64 years (men), 72 years (women) (UN)
  • Monetary unit: 1 som = 100 tyiyns
  • Main exports: Fruit, vegetables, gold, tobacco
  • GNI per capita: US $740 (World Bank, 2008)