Assistance to Batken: USAID donates over 8 million soms for displaced families
More than 400 displaced families from Batken will be able to meet their immediate needs thanks to over 8 million soms ($100,000) in assistance to the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The U.S. Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic reports.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies will distribute this multi-purpose cash assistance to provide immediate relief to those affected.
«This funding comes from the American people to the people of the Kyrgyz Republic. We are contributing to the international humanitarian efforts that help alleviate the hardships faced by hundreds of families in Batken» said Sonata Coulter, Chargé D’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek.
This support is in addition to 1,000 hygiene kits USAID provided through UNICEF and the National Red Crescent Society of Kyrgyzstan. The kits helped meet the needs of 5,000 people, including 2,000 children in Batken region.
Emergency situation has been introduced in Batken region. Shooting began at several sites of the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the morning of September 16. Settlements in Leilek and Batken district came under fire. The Ministry of Health reported 206 victims, 63 people were killed. As a result of the armed conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, residents of seven villages in Batken and Leilek districts, as well as Dzhekendi village in Chon-Alai district of Osh region, left their homes.
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Kyrgyzstan opened a criminal case on crimes against peace.
