Internal Capacity Building 

During the quarter, the NGO staff took part in the following training workshops: Financial 

Accountability (by Union of Bookkeepers and Auditors), Law and Tax (by Union of Bookkeepers 

and Auditors), Arbitration (by Kalys Consult), NGO Governance (by Counterpart), and Team 

Building and Conflict Management (by Counterpart). 

The NGO made presentation of its activities to DFID funded project aimed at assisting rural 

communities dealing with stockbreeding. The DFID project is likely to provide some funding to 

the information centers of TOFU, and currently the funding proposal is being prepared. 

On June 3, TOFU hosted the meeting of the Board of Directors, where its members discussed 

achievements of the NGO and finalized plan of activities for the second half of 2002. The total 

number of the TOFU members increased up to 1,084. 

The NGO has been working on being transformed to the Farmers Association: amendments to the 

Statute of were finalized, and re registration papers were sent to the Ministry of Justice. 

The NGO has been successful in raising funds: it was awarded the Soros grant of $2,000 to 

conduct seminars on Land Law and Commercial Law in 24 villages. 

3. Bayastan, Naryn 

Activity Overview 

The support center for children with disabilities continues to provide services to promote 

children's rights, including issuing newsletter, publishing booklets, conducting special classes on 

children's rights for school teachers and senior grade pupils. This quarter, 300 school children 

participated in the classes on child rights, provided by the NGO staff and the volunteers from the 

Young Lawyers Association. 

On April 29, the NGO held a press conference on its activities for 2001, mostly covering 

implementation of two projects: Child Rights and Inclusive Education.  

On May 24, the NGO conducted a survey among pupils of 5 6 grades to identify level of their 

awareness on the Child Right Convention after delivering special lessons in their schools. The 

survey results demonstrated necessity of conducting such a lessons as the children indicated great 

interest in that.  

Internal Capacity Building 

The Assistant N. Isaev participated in the third round of the TOT in Advocacy conducted by NDI. 

The NGO has been proactive in collaborating with the Save the Children (UK), which conducted 

3 seminars for the NGO members and parents in main approached of treating disabled children. 

The NGO improved media coverage of its activities on the oblast level: a number of programs on 

children's rights were broadcast on Almaz and Tenir Too radio stations. 

4. Chintamani, Tash Komur Town, Jalalabad Oblast 

Activity Overview 

Chintamani conducted a roundtable with participation of 12 NGOs to discuss the Government 

Decree #20. The participants developed and sent a letter of concern to the President requesting to 

veto the Resolution. 

To ensure protection of environment, the NGO conducted spot check investigations together with 

experts of Biosphere Institute in walnut forests. The findings were filmed and broadcasted by the 

Oblast TV.  

The issue #5 of the bulletin Voice of the Nature was published. Chintamani  and the public 

organizations of the Town of Mailuu Suu filmed the situation of uranium tailing pits and its 

environmental implications. Their findings were filmed and sent to the Oblast TV 

The NGO conducted one day walking tour for the school children to introduce them to the natural 

monument  Urchuk Tash. The children were narrated about people working in natural reserves, 

and activities aimed at protecting nature from the human activities. 

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