Tajikistan's Homeless Children
Social and economic problems leave many children in Tajikistan fending for themselves on the streets.
Social and economic problems leave many children in Tajikistan fending for themselves on the streets.
In a report on the northern region of Soghd, Kamari Ahrorzoda asked just how bad a year 2008 was for residents of an area that used to be Tajikistan’s economic powerhouse.
Abkhaz officials encourage them to return but Georgian refugee leaders warn against doing so.
Even as adults, people who grew up in children’s homes suffer the consequences of marginalisation and poor education.
They’ve better opportunities than they did under Saddam, but have become the target of insurgents.
Tajikistan is desperately short of teachers, in many cases because newly-qualified staff do not want to take jobs in the countryside.
Georgian villagers begin to rebuild as a fortified frontier is erected.
Opponents of privatisation say it’s a bad time to start selling off the family silver, while the government insists there will be no bargain-basement deals.
The recent murder of Tajik migrant worker Salahuddin Azizov has highlighted concerns that the Russian authorities are not doing enough to combat racist attacks.