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WFP Launches Winter Emergency Operation in Kyrgyzstan

UN appeals for $20 million to help 800,000 people in Kyrgyzstan this winter

1 December 2008
The United Nations and its humanitarian partners today launched a $20 million appeal to guarantee back-up power supplies in Kyrgyzstan for crucial facilities such as medical centres and to help 800,000 vulnerable citizens as part of efforts to address significant energy shortages at the start of the Central Asian nation’s tough winter season.
Pre-school students in Ivanovka, Kyrgyzstan now have more space after their school was expanded

In northern Kyrgyzstan, UN refugee agency funds school and sanitation projects

28 November 2008
The United Nations refugee agency is supporting school and sanitation projects in rural areas of northern Kyrgyzstan that have served as home to former refugees from neighbouring Tajikistan

UNICEF boosts funding to help ensure proper nutrition for Kyrgyz children

17 October 2008
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will provide $270,000 in additional funds to help develop a national nutrition strategy in Kyrgyzstan, where more than half of babies and infants are anaemic and many young children suffer from stunted growth as a result of nutrient deficiencies.

Relief efforts continue in quake-hit Kyrgyzstan, UN reports

8 October 2008
United Nations humanitarian agencies are continuing their relief efforts in the mountains of southern Kyrgyzstan, where an earthquake on Sunday night killed more than 70 people and displaced hundreds of families, as they work to bring aid before the expected arrival of the first snowfalls of the season.

Poor access hampering efforts to assess impact of Kyrgyz quake, says UN

7 October 2008
Limited access and communication are making it difficult to assess the full impact of the deadly earthquake that struck a remote, mountainous region of southern Kyrgyzstan on Sunday, according to United Nations relief officials.

Kyrgyzstan: UN rushes in help after deadly quake rocks region

6 October 2008
United Nations humanitarian agencies are dispatching aid and staff to southern Kyrgyzstan, where dozens of people have been killed and hundreds of homes destroyed after an earthquake struck the remote, mountainous region last night.