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A human story of our beneficiary “I dreamed of becoming a doctor, I often went to work with my mother. She worked as a nurse in an emergency hospital in Dushanbe. IRead More...

Nowadays scientific developments have led to simple, safe, effective, and faster cures for drug-resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) that are endorsed by the World Health Organization. This six-month treatment allows for reducing the lengthRead More...

On March 24 we celebrated World Tuberculosis Day. Caritas Tajikistan (CT) uses this important celebration day to express its enormous respect and admiration for the work done by all of us aroundRead More...

The team of Caritas Tajikistan together with its veterans celebrated the 15th anniversary of the opening of an office of the organization. The celebration event was small and internal. Veterans of theRead More...

#EndTB

The team of Caritas Tajikistan (CT), especially the health-tuberculosis (TB) team is continuously working on seeking and applying for new funding opportunities. It is because of the importance and urgency of TBRead More...

The social-reintegration (SR) activity of Caritas Tajikistan progresses in 2022. This year (till the report moment) 12 returnees from European countries received social-reintegration thanks to the support of such partners as Micado-MigrationRead More...

The team of Caritas Tajikistan (CT) has managed to come together for the organizational annual meeting. The meeting combined the strategic planning review workshop, capacity-building sessions, and team-building sessions. A special sessionRead More...

In the April (‘22) issue of our newsletter, we reported about challenges of water access in the frame of our emergency project in Jomi. Drilling a water well with a depth ofRead More...

Following UN SDG and WHO “END TB STRATEGY” Caritas Tajikistan’s (CT’s) health program is actively working on fighting Tuberculosis in the country. The organization targets the prison system population. Since 2020, CTRead More...

Since 2016 Caritas Tajikistan (CT) is supporting a network of local public associations uniting people with disabilities in Khatlon province. The project aims to empower this group by promoting income generation throughRead More...

Caritas Tajikistan (CT) is currently working on an emergency project that aims to help the suffered population from a landslide in Jomi district to construct new houses in the new location. TheRead More...

In the frame of its WASH project, CT has organized an action week on the occasion of International Health day. The action week was organized in coordination and participation of the districtRead More...

Caritas Tajikistan is continuing its work with migrants. As part of this program work, there is a social-reintegration activity with returnees coming back from EU countries within ERRIN network in partnership withRead More...

CT is currently working on an emergency project that aims to help the suffered population from a landslide in Jomi district to construct new houses in the new location. The disaster swipedRead More...

The Penitentiary system (PS) in Tajikistan has a colony for imprisoned women. Within the colony, there is a kindergarten that accommodates women with their infants of up to 3 years old, forRead More...

It is the third year that Caritas Tajikistan (CT) works through several disabled associations in Khatlon region to provide access to zero-interest micro-credits for disabled people. The aim of the activity isRead More...

Intensive heavy rains in south regions of Tajikistan this spring season become a cause of massive mudflows, landslides and floods causing fatalities and damage to roads, bridges, homes and livestock. As resultsRead More...

Tajikistan is currently facing a new onset of the COVID-19 epidemic. The country received about seven hundred thousand doses of vaccines in the frame of WHO COVAX Vaccine Distribution program. In thisRead More...

Caritas Tajikistan resumes its health program on fighting tuberculosis (TB) in the penitentiary system (PS) of the country. While such interventions in past were supported by Caritas Luxembourg, the new project whichRead More...

Caritas Tajikistan joined worldwide celebration of the World Health day by its action carried out in partnership with local health authorities. As the global pandemic of COVID-19 has shown, in our increasinglyRead More...

Caritas Kazakhstan (CKaz) has organized a virtual training on the use of social media for Caritas work titled “Understanding of Social networks, Tools, Strategies, and Use of them in Central Asia” invitingRead More...

In 2020 Caritas Tajikistan (CT) started work on its tuberculosis (TB) project in the penitentiary system (PS) of the country. Although it is the first TB project, it is not the firstRead More...

Dear Friends, The team at Caritas Tajikistan wishes you All a happy holiday season, peace, good health, and most importantly a virus-free New Year. We appreciate your confidence and thank for your partnership.Read More...

Caritas TJ together with the local Church in the eave of the New Year visited the pediatric public psychiatric dispensary of Dushanbe. Children, fosterlings of the dispensary were very happy as theyRead More...

Caritas Tajikistan discovered historical evidence of Caritas work in the country. This object is a house (and even a number of houses) in Qubodiyon district build for the resettled population of thisRead More...

CT started the implementation of is WASH training activities postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Considering the situation the training content was revised with the need to integrate the COVID-19 epidemic preventiveRead More...

Caritas Tajikistan’s staff together with their colleagues from other Central Asia Caritas organizations took part in the virtual Initial Orientation on Private Fundraising. This (pre) training session was devoted to private fundraisingRead More...

Every year 15th of October the world celebrates Global Handwashing Day, which serves as an event to raise global awareness on the importance of hand-washing. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic particularlyRead More...

Farhod Islomov is back home after sometimes spent in Europe, mostly in Germany. In his home city, Kulyab, he is living near the Central Market. This type of market provides a lotRead More...

Apart from its separate response actions on COVID-19, CT runs a response project in Tajikistan. The project reaches 12 000 inmate and staff of penitentiary system (PS) and 6000 population of townshipRead More...

Since December 2019 CT is running its 3rd project on reintegration of homeless in Dushanbe, capital city. The project opened on the basis of facilities created with support of CRS in 2014Read More...

Caritas Tajikistan’s representative has attended online webinar on CI Safeguarding manual organized by Caritas Asia. The webinar was organized using Zoom service platform (www.zoom.us). 77 participants from 22 MOs participated in theRead More...

Tajikistan as remote country got first wave of coronavirus attack late at the end of April month. After declaring for long that country without a single case of the coronavirus, infection inRead More...

As response to mainstreaming Safeguarding in confederation, CT continues work on adaptation of the policy. In January, safeguarding policy – Protection from Abuse and Exploitation of Children and Vulnerable Adults was adopted.Read More...

Caritas Tajikistan arraigned a preparedness emergency activity on prevention of COVID-19 epidemic to support vulnerable groups. These vulnerable groups are elderly residents of capital city, elderly and disabled people living in anRead More...

After implementing four successful WASH project in Jomi district Caritas Tajikistan (CT) was requested by its main partner on WASH program, National KMK (Government unitary enterprise on management of public housing andRead More...

As news from Caritas partners working Tajikistan we report that after fourteen years of fruitful operation in the country Fondation of Caritas Luxembourg (FCL) has closed its office in Tajikistan from firstRead More...

The project “Preparation for adulthood- supervision for success”-2 of CT does quite unique useful rights advocacy work with adolescents of grade 9 and 11 in two boarding schools of the country. TheseRead More...

From the beginning of 2019 CT started realization of project – “Improving Public Waste Mangement in Jomi”. This project become for CT a kind of turning point in WASH program of CTRead More...

For CT December was quite busy time on social reintegration work with migrants as there were several cases of repatriation of migrants from Europe. Four returnees came back from Germany and twoRead More...

Taking the occasion of International Heart Day staff of CT has visited the National pediatric cardio surgery unit that was set up by Caritas efforts through the program: “Setting up pediatric cardioRead More...

Caritas Tajikistan actively involved itself to the celebration of the Share the Journey Global Week of Action (GWA) 2019 of 29 Sept – 6 October 2019. This year’s Global Week of ActionRead More...

CT continuously integrates provisions its Environment policy to its program and program support activities. Here, we tell about the initiative that becoming part of the “Improving Waste Management in Jomi district” project.Read More...

CT has finalized reintegration social work with one more migrant returned from Europe. Usmonbek, is a returnee who a few years ago moved to Germany with the intention to make earn moneyRead More...

Team of CT has reviewed its strategic plan 2016-19. It was developed in 2016 with the support of FCL and guidance of consultant Karl Amman, Caritas expert. This year is the lastRead More...

It is gradually becoming a tradition for Caritas organizations working in Tajikistan to come together and hold exchange meetings. This time the exchange meeting holds using opportunity that representative of Caritas LuxembourgRead More...

President of Caritas Tajikistan Fr. Pedro Ramiro Lopez represented the organization in 21st CI GA. It was for him and all staff of CT an exciting event. CI Strategic framework and manyRead More...

CT is happy to report on the resuming social work with youth. This is occurring in frame of the project “Preparation for adulthood – supervision for success”-2. From 2016 the organization addressingRead More...

CT representatives (Director and accountant) attended a capacity building workshop organized by Caritas Asia (CA) for this new sub-region, Central Asia. The workshop, which held on March 18-19 in Bangkok addressed needsRead More...

As part of realization of its communication strategy CT launched its new website (www.caritas.tj). This informative site responds to the current needs of organization and will be updated on bimonthly basis. AppearanceRead More...

It looks like producing fence net is a good and profitable business in Kurgan-tube. Three blind inhabitant of the city run small business on producing metallic fence mesh. They have hand machinesRead More...

The project “Setting up pediatric cardio surgery unit” (phase 3) provided this unit with oxygen generating plant (for 5 beds) from known supplier Medgas-Technik GmbH, Germany. After installation of unit is firstRead More...

The massive migration boom that targets Europe involves some people from Tajikistan, too.   Caritas Tajikistan (CT) works with “Micado Migration” (Germany) on return of those who failed to sustain back home. CTRead More...

Currently fosterlings of this project have very important period of their life. It is because 24 adolescents of two boarding schools that targeted by the project graduate. July and August usually timeRead More...

11 students of boarding schools who were trained by senior volunteers in the frame of CT project “Capacity building of vulnerable youth by Inter generational cooperation: Preparation for adulthood- supervision for success”Read More...

On August 16’ 2017 President of Caritas Tajikistan (CT), Fr. Pedro Ramiro Lopez approved two important policies for CT. These are The Environmental Policy and Assets and Capitalization Policy. Development and endorsementRead More...

Director of CT Kholov Y. had unique opportunity to visit program of Caritas Nepal. This become possible in the frame of Caritas Asia’s DRR WG meeting that held in Nepal on SeptemberRead More...

At the end of September The Church in Tajikistan and Caritas Tajikistan (CT) has celebrations of 20th anniversary of Mission Sui Iuris in Tajikistan. Celebrations lasted three days including Holy Mass andRead More...

On 28th of September’17 management of CT hold meeting with head of the National Adults Learning Center (NALC) under the Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of Population of the Republic ofRead More...