Embassy News
Families and Children in Need Benefit from U.S. Humanitarian Donations
Uzbek orphans express their gratitude for new clothing, bedding and others supplies. (CHAP photo)
Medical practitioners, orphans, elderly and other citizens in need have received over USD $1.5 million worth of humanitarian assistance in 2009 from the U.S.- affiliated Community & Humanitarian Assistance Program (CHAP). A rapid response humanitarian program, CHAP provides non-profit and government agencies with in-kind assistance, food, clothing, bedding, hospital equipment and supplies, and pharmaceuticals. Distribution partners this year, among others, include the New Hope Rehabilitation Foundation, the Children’s Foundation of Uzbekistan, and the Uzbekistan Ministry of Health.
With CHAP support, renovation work also has begun on a shelter for domestic violence victims in Bukhara to improve the living conditions of the shelter’s residents. Scheduled to finish in September 2009, the renovations will increase the capacity of the shelter and improve its overall hygiene and sanitary conditions. Sending shipments to Uzbekistan since 1999, CHAP has delivered more than 400 containers of humanitarian aid to recipients across the country. The total value of this assistance amounts to over $90 million with over 500 thousand vulnerable people affected.
A medical worker checks donated equipment (CHAP photo)