KHUJAND, April 11, 2015, Asia-Plus — Construction of a bridge that will connect two border villages of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan is nearing completion.
A 28-meter bridge will connect the Tajik village of Qurghoncha in the Jabborrasoulov district (Sughd province) with one of border villages of neighboring Kyrgyzstan.
An official at Tajikistan’s Red Crescent Society (TRCS)’s office in Sughd province says the bridge is being built in the framework of the project, Support for Community Based Institutional Structures for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Selected Countries of the Central Asian region, under financial support of the German Red Cross, TRCS and local authorities.
Under an agreement signed between TRCS and the German Red Cross more than 50,000 Euros have been provided for this project, the source added.
The German Red Cross is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, which started 150 years ago to deliver comprehensive aid to people affected by conflict, disaster, sanitary emergencies, or social hardship, guided solely by their needs. Around four million volunteers and members support the Red Cross in Germany alone.
The German Red Cross has a federative structure. It consists of a national entity and 19 regional branches with a membership of over 420 district branches as well as a national Federation of Nurses” Associations with 34 nurses” associations.
