Reference :
V-P-TJ-E-00015
Date :
2016
Caption :
A mine victim bought a cow thanks to the financial support received from the ICRC.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
ICRC website, "Tajikistan: Mine victims received grants to develop their own business ", 19 January 2017
“Almost a thousand people in Tajikistan have fallen victim to mines and unexploded remnants of war either during the civil war in the country in the 1990s, or as a result of accidents along the border with Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. This number is increasing every year.
For those who have been left with a disability as a result of these accidents, it is especially difficult to maintain financial independence and the ability to support their families. The ICRC has designed a cash grant programme to help them to start small businesses. […]
In 2016, some 800 families benefited from the programme, which covered all regions of the country. Among them are many former deminers […] who were engaged in mine clearance during and after the armed conflict in the 1990s.”
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
4896x3672
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
