Mercy Corps Tajikistan Features
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• Roots of Change
  Offering credit to female farmers is reducing the potential for violent conflict in war-weary eastern Tajikistan.
• Spreading a Message of Peace
  Tavildara's leading imam is helping one of Tajikistan's most isolated - and historically rebellious - mountain communities walk the path of peaceful progress.
• Beauty Will Save the World
  In an isolated village with few opportunities for women, Nadira Mamdova realized her dream to be a hairdresser.
• Protecting Mothers' Lives
  By training obstetricians and midwives, Mercy Corps is shoring up key weaknesses in Tajikistan's health system and increasing the odds that mothers survive childbirth and newborns arrive in good health.
• Tajikistan's New Entrepreneurs
  Mercy Corps is helping Tajik women like Mavjuda Tajibaeva fund their innovative ideas and reach their entrepreneurial dreams.
• Where Wars and Conflicts are Forgotten
  A soccer tournament works to alleviate social tensions, removes barriers and empowers community members to shape and improve the future.
• A Bridge of Pride
  In the wake of tragedy, Mercy Corps helped the people of Konchon tackle their fears by building a safe water crossing for their children.
• A HIV/AIDS Awareness Program in Tajikistan
  An AIDS/HIV awareness campaign designed to arm Tajik citizens with knowledge against the disease.
• ECHO Disaster Preparedness Project
  With funding assistance from ECHO (European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office), Mercy Corps is helping communities in the Ferghana Valley - a densely populated region situated in three countries- prepare for and respond to potential natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and mudslides. Mercy Corps is helping to improve local level response mechanisms to natural disasters and to promote regional cooperation between government officials in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Mercy Corps is implementing a Child-to-Child model to work with children as peers in schools and households to learn the basics of disaster preparedness, developing planning linkages between local government officials, and scaling up to create a functional regional network. Plans are also being made to conduct a mass media campaign to increase public awareness of disaster prevention.
• A Little Health Learning Goes a Long Way
  Mercy Corps camps teach Tajik children basic hygiene, health practices
• Training Tajik Farmers
  USAID-funded program trains farmers across Tajikistan in various business-related fields contributing to more productive and diverse farms.
• A Better Day
  A grants and credit program as well as training programs have helped one farm in Tajikistan prosper.
• Mercy Corps Program Sends Tajik Teachers Back to School
  An economics teacher-training program provides the tools to teach Tajik students the basics of economics.
• Vose Emergency Resettlement Project
  After a devastating flood, victims receive aid from USAID-funded construction project focused on rebuilding homes and providing electricity, sanitation facilities and clean running water.