Humanitarian aid

June 19, 2010

Another 200 tons of humanitarian aid, gathered with the efforts of Mehr nuri Foundation, the Women's Council, the Fund Forum and the SISF – organizations patronized by Gulnara Karimova, had left Tashkent on June 19 and reach refugees from Kyrgyzstan. Emergency aid includes primarily medication, food, clothes – sugar, rice, flour, potatoes, noodles, cereals, tea, clean water, oil, disposable syringes, bandages, iodine, etc.

For two days since the first aid was sent by the Foundations many organizations and community members support the campaign by sending their own aid.

The following organizations and individuals have contributed to gathering humanitarian aid:

• Tethys Petroleum Limited
• GeoMax
• Special Olimpics
• Alfa Invest Insurance company
• Research Center for Liver Surgery and Biliary Surgery
• Parfume Gallery
• Hotel Uzbekistan
• Markaz Kredit Union
• Grand Mir Hotel
• Invest Credit Union
• Singapore Representative Office in Uzbekistan
• Lobol-Impeks Ltd.
• Mr. Mukhammadolim Djamaliddinov
• Ms. Mukhabbat Alieva
• Mr. Ulugbek Jabbarov
• Ms. Dilfuza Hasanova
• Baraka Credit Union
• Boutique Eve

And many people who contributed to the aid asked not to be named.

On June 16, the said foundations dispatched 130 tons of humanitarian aid (food supplies and medication) worth over 200 million UZS. That was the aid provided by the Foundations themselves. Since that many volunteers stared donating to aid gathering.

Kelajak ovozi YIC volunteers are also contributing to the campaign by their help in collecting and distributing products in refugee camps set up by Uzbekistan in border areas in Andijan region.

The hotline continues to receive calls from those wishing to contribute to the cause of providing humanitarian aid for all those affected by the recent events in Kyrgyzstan.

Hotline: (+998-71) 239-27-87/86

Contact persons: Nargiza Zakirhojayeva, Gulnoza Abdullayeva

Those wishing to join the initiative may apply direct to the Fund Forum, SISF, the Women`s Council and Mehr nuri.