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Blog Post: Fingers crossed that the road will be open... ›

Topics: Rural, Food/Nutrition

Moving 800 metric tons of wheat flour, oil and lentils across eight districts in Tajikstan — with its limited infrastructure — is just plain challenging.

Blog Post: En route to the Rasht Valley and rumors of militants ›

Topics: Peaceful Change

It was quite a trek to Garm, Tajikistan — and, with rumors of returned militants, the security has tightened since I was here last fall.

Video: Keeping Tajiks Healthy ›

Topics: Health

Tajikistan is one of the poorest republics of the former Soviet Union, with a weak economy that is reflected in the poor health and low standard of living of the population.

Improving Health, Empowering Women ›

Topics: Women's Empowerment, Agriculture

In the Rasht Valley, thousands of families live in small communities located miles from a main road.

Help Families Braving Extreme Cold in Tajikistan ›

Topics: Emergencies

Families in some of Tajikistan's most remote areas are braving food, fuel and water shortages triggered by record cold temperatures in the Central Asian nation.

Roots of Change ›

Topics: Microfinance, Economic Development, Agriculture

Offering credit to female farmers is reducing the potential for violent conflict in war-weary eastern Tajikistan.

Photo Essay: Improving Health, Empowering Women ›

Topics: Health, Women's Empowerment

In a remote region of Tajikistan, a Mercy Corps program is chipping away at the mountain of silence that prevents women from leading healthier lives.

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 ›

Topics: Women's Empowerment

In an isolated village with few opportunities for women, Nadira Mamdova realized her dream to be a hairdresser.

Protecting Mothers' Lives ›

Topics: Health

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 Facts

  • Population (2007): 7.1 million
  • Size: slightly smaller than Wisconsin
  • Human Development Index rank: 124 (out of 179)
  • Mercy Corps has worked here since 1994
  • Primary work: Training midwives and nurses in better childbirth techniques, vocational training to rural young people, providing loans to female entrepreneurs
  • Average yearly income: $1,800
  • Population below poverty line: 60%
  • Percentage of arable land: 6.52%
  • Percentage of mountainous land: 93%

Program Details

Since 1994, Mercy Corps has been working to help communities in Tajikistan reduce the potential for violent conflict and improve the health for more than 80,000 women of childbearing age.

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