
Housing Poverty In Kyrgyzstan
- +6,000 families served
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- Projects: construction, reconstruction, water and sanitation, disaster response
A few years later, it started an innovative building method incorporating locally grown cane reed as a construction material. This project won the World Bank award in Washington D.C. in 2006. Today, we focus on renovations of condominium buildings, finishing of half-built homes and winterisation kits as well as providing affordable loans to families with mentally disabled family members.
After the collapse of the Soviet system, Kyrgyzstan cut a variety of social benefits, leaving families with fewer resources for housing.
Access to basic amenities such as water and sewage is limited, especially for impoverished people and those living in rural areas.
Seeking relief from poverty, many families moved to informal settlements on the fringes of Bishkek and other large cities, where they lack secure tenure and decent housing.
It is not unusual for 3 generations to be crowded into a single room with no heating or water. People with mental disabilities, such as autism, are among the poorest and most marginalised in Kyrgyzstan.
They have trouble obtaining and keeping paid work because of stigma associated with mental health issues and additional responsibilities on family members to offer care.
As a result, most of them cannot improve poor housing situations.
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