USAID’s Civil Society Partners Celebrate Achievements in Kyrgyzstan
and Turkmenistan
USAID’s Civil Society Support Initiative held a Local Projects’ Fair in Turkmenistan to summarize successes of community development initiatives on June 20th. Community activists, NGOs, and local governments, met to discuss their cooperation with USAID’s project and lessons-learned and to review successful social, economic, and health activities. Over the past three years, USAID’s project, implemented by Counterpart, provided direct benefits to more than 338,000 Turkmen citizens through 140 community action grants worth over $661,000.
Meanwhile, the Association of Civil Society Support Centers in Kyrgyzstan, with assistance from USAID, organized an NGO Trade Fair in Bishkek on June 22nd. More than 700 people visited informational booth where fifty NGOs and ten community-based organizations from all oblasts displayed information about their projects and activities. The fair provided a great opportunity for the public, the government, the private sector, and the media to learn about the non-governmental sector’s work in the country. Attendees commented that the fair increased their knowledge and understanding about NGO activities in the country.
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| Civil society colleagues from across the country met for an NGO Fair in Bishkek |
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