Taiwan Fund for Children and Families. (TFCF)

Where are we helping?

Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China. The climate varies regionally. The low-lying Fergana Valley in the southwest is subtropical and extremely hot in summer, with temperatures reaching 40 °C . The northern foothills are temperate and the Tian-Shan varies from dry continental to polar climate, depending on elevation. The per capita GDP of Kyrgyz is USD 1,293 and their main industry is agriculture and animal husbandry. Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China. The climate varies regionally. The low-lying Fergana Valley in the southwest is subtropical and extremely hot in summer, with temperatures reaching 40°C. The northern foothills are temperate and the Tian-Shan varies from dry continental to polar climate, depending on elevation. The per capita GDP of Kyrgyz is USD 1,293 and their main industry is agriculture and animal husbandry. 

TFCF Kyrgyzstan Branch Office is conducting various services to assist needy families and children: 

1. Family assists: Provides financial assistance, emergency assistance, and nutritional supplement programs for economically disadvantaged children and families to meet their basic food and clothing.
2. Educational support: Provides assistance for different age groups, such as college grants, scholarships for outstanding students, tuition and miscellaneous fee subsidies, and application for school supplies. The purpose is to support needy children to complete higher education.
3. Skill training: “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime”. TFCF provides wool felt skills for economically disadvantaged parents, and provides young people with hairdressing and computer programming skills, in order to enhance their competitiveness and escape poverty through the improvement of their own capabilities.
4. Talent cultivation: In order to enrich the lives and horizons of children, we provide talent cultivation companions for different age groups, such as youth football teams, handicraft classes,  English and math classes, and traditional dance classes. We also provide subsidies for special talent learning, hoping that through support and accompany, children can have more diversified development.
5. Medical support: Physical health is the most important thing in life. Vulnerable families are often limited by financial conditions and cannot accept good medical treatment. This directly affects physical health and indirectly affects family economic income, leading to a vicious circle of health and economy. We provide vulnerable families medical assistance, subsidize medical expenses, or refer medical resources to improve physical health.

 

Why are we helping?

TFCF firmly believes that education is the best weapon and hope to change the future, therefore, we pay much effort to safeguard children's’ right and improve their education environment:

Current education environment in Kyrgyzstan:

1. From TFCF’s statistic, children need to take much time and long kilometers to go to school.
2. From UNICEF’s data, over 50% of students in Kyrgyzstan did not reach the basic level of achievement in reading, math, and science.
3. According to Kyrgyzstan government statistic, students’ number in 10th grade and 11th grade is just 8.1% of all students (from 1th grade to 11th grade).
4. In 2017-2018, 170,000-200,000 teenagers didn’t continue their studies after 9th grade. UNICEF’s data shows that in Kyrgyzstan the net attendance is lower for upper secondary education (grades 10-11): 59% for boys and 56% for girls. 

Education is a way that leads to equity, poverty reduction, and empowerment, however, children in Kyrgyzstan can’t enjoy quality education because of insufficient environment, poor family financial condition, etc. 

 

How do we help?

1. Ability building: We hold several programs to help children built their ability weekly. Such as reading club in rural schools,  handmade class, soccer team, etc. Children have the chance to explore and develop their ability including some professional skills and motivation to work for the future.  
2. School supplies: We cooperate with the school by providing textbooks to students. We also provide financial support to students for them to can purchase school uniforms, shoes, and other learning equipment.
3. Scholarships: We provide scholarships in order to encourage children to continue their studies.
4. Consulting: social workers will regularly visit family and provide care and consulting.

 

 

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