AKF launches COVID-19 project to address food security in Tajikistan
Tajikistan · 28 July 2020 · 1 min
In high mountain areas of Badakhshan,Tajikistan, AKAH works with local communities to build irrigation channels, pathways, and other structural mitigation projects to protect communities from the effects of avalanches, flooding, mud slides and rock falls.
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Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 4 August 2020 – An emergency project aimed at reducing Tajikistan's vulnerability to COVID-19-related food insecurity will benefit an estimated 11,985 people (5,865 women and girls) directly and about 80,395 indirectly.
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), with the support of the Government of Switzerland, has successfully launched the project in 12 districts of Khatlon region, Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, Sughd region and Rasht Valley of Tajikistan.
Water intake in Roshorv canal, Bartang Valley.
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Canal construction process in Sughd region.
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