Togehter against Poverty - Valuing Culture - Empowering Communities

The situation remains very tense in Osh. Especially the barricaded and remote areas suffer from poor access to health care and the lack of medical supplies.

Barricades in Osh Destroyed home in Osh
Bildquelle: PAI
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Since 11.06.10 violence and ethnic clashes have lead to widespread unrest and devastation in Osh and the whole Southern Kyrgyzstan area. Press reports talk about 110 people killed and approximately 2000 people injured. Independend sources, like Human Rights Watch talk about 500 people being dead.
Lack of food, lack of safe drinking water, the
distruction of infrastructure has let to destablized scenario, where
people need help now and on the longterm.
PAI is supporting humanitarian aid, rehabilitation and reconciliation efforts. PAI is familiar to the region. PAI at headquarters and field level speak the local languages of Southern Kyrgyzstan and are familiar to the area. PAI has supported 3 projects in the past 10 years in Kyrgyzstan.

Devasted People - Devasted Lifes Source: AP Signs of torture in Osh, Source: PAI
18.06.2010 - PAI fully supports this letter send by the ICG and Human Rights Watch to the UN Security Council [more]
17.06.2010 - Help needed to provide emergency health care supplies
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15.06.2010 - Update on PAI's response to the emergency in Kyrgyzstan. [more]
25.09.2009 - [more]