All stories related to Kyrgyzstan
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
Oct 25, 2010
A Kyrgyzstan doctor struggles through illness to keep her patients in good health.
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.
Kyrgyzstan, photo essay
Jul 26, 2010
ACT in Kyrgyzstan after the violence, images by Dimitry Motinov
Kyrgyzstan: Half million people need assistance
Jun 30, 2010
ACT is at the forefront of efforts to assist people internally displaced, recently returned to Kyrgyzstan or families hosting people who have lost everything.
Kyrgyzstan: Death toll higher than official reports - ACT
Jun 15, 2010
ACT members in Kyrgyzstan say the death toll from ethnic violence is greater than official reports.
ACT in place in burning Kyrgyzstan
Apr 08, 2010
“You can call this revolution. You can call this a people's revolt. Either way, it is our way of saying that we want justice and democracy.”
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)