Aid agencies in Kyrgyzstan face challenges

Aid agencies in Kyrgyzstan face challenges

Thousands of people are trying to escape fighing between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgz in southern Kyrgyzstan, but many remain trapped at the border with Uzbekistan.br br To hear more about the challenges of getting aid into the country, Al Jazeera spoke to Pepijin Trapman br from the Inter-Church Organisation for Development Co-operation, a group of Christian aid agencies working in Central Asia. br br Speaking from the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, he said his organisation and others were struggling to get basic aid such as food, water, shelter and medicine into the country.


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Uploaded: 2012-05-10

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