24 may 2018

Study tour to Devashtich district

Within the framework of the Project on supporting civil society in applying community based rehabilitation for people with disabilities in Ayni district, which is funded by the European Union and Caritas Germany and implemented jointly with the Local Government Authority of Ayni district and Public Organizations “ASTI” and “DARO”, a three-day (22-24 May, 2018) study tour to Devashtich district was organized for a group of 10 people that included representatives of Ayni district’s Local Government Authority, Education Department and Primary Health Care, and community rehabilitation workers.During the study tour, the participants learned about the approaches applied by Public Organization “Maksad” in the implementation of Community-Based Rehabilitation Project, and the performance of and case management by Community Rehabilitation Workers. The Ayni team also visited the disabled people oriented assistive devices workshop, mother and child rooms, health centers, rehabilitation rooms, social assistance centers and kindergartens where familiarized themselves with their activities in providing social, rehabilitation and health care services to neglected and disabled people. The main goal of the study tour was to learn the best practices on community-based rehabilitation and apply them in Ayni district.

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16 sep 2022

UPSHIFT is a 4-day training conducted at the Innovation Labs

There are many active youth in Tajikistan and they can be a great force for positive social change. They speak clearly and when given the opportunity, they can be strong advocates of their views on various issues. UPSHIFT is a 4-day training conducted at the Innovation Labs and we consider creativity to be an untapped resource and a driving force for positive social change. As a creative space, the Lab identifies, prototypes and scales technologies and practices that catalyze the social change by unleashing the creative potential of youth and adolescents. It allows teenagers to identify personal development, knowledge, national and universal values, problems of the society in which they live, and use new tools in developing their future plans.The goals consist of four important parts: understanding, designing, building and testing, and the final UPSHIFT phase is making it real, and additional mentorship to help turn their ideas into action. The training was held at the Innovation Lab of Asht district with participation of 32 adolescents. Training teaches the participants to understand community challenges and design and build impactful solutions. This event was held by the PO "ASTI", within the framework of the project "Skills for future and transition to work life" with the support of UNICEF Tajikistan.

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