Educational grants open a door into the world of knowledge for refugees
06.12.2012
H.E. Ambassador Gudrun Maria Sräga of Germany and UNHCR Representative Mr. Johann Siffointe congratulated the beneficiaries of the DAFI scholarship. A host of Refugee-students participated in a contest to receive scholarships for higher education in Kyrgyzstan.UNHCR provides technical assistance to the State Registration Service to reduce statelessness
25.10.2012
Bishkek, 24 October 2012 - Today the UN Refugee Agency in Kyrgyzstan (UNHCR) handed over technical assistance and capacity building equipment to the State Registration Service's Department of Registration of Acts of Civil Status. This assistance is aimed at supporting and strengthening the work of the Department in the issuance of documentation, ensuring that people are not left undocumented and thus prevented from becoming stateless.UNHCR Helps Refugee and Asylum-seeker Children to Attend School
03.09.2012
UNHCR-funded school supplies and financial support were distributed by the Afghan Refugee Women Center "Dusti" to over one hundred refugee and asylum-seeker children residing in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.Aidos Sagat is giving piano lessons to a refugee girl
26.06.2012
Aidos Sagat, famous Kazakh musician and UNHCR Honorary Patron, started giving piano lessons to a refugee girl whom he believes is a prodigy. This is part of Aidos's intention to share his experience with and assist talented refugee children.UNHCR opens a photo exhibition, "World by the Eyes of a Refugee"
25.06.2012
This exhibition will be opened in Almaty, on June 27, 2012. This exhibition will display more than 100 photo works made by refugees themselves.No one chooses to be a refugee
15.06.2012
Angelina Jolie's message: The UNHCR Special Envoy promotes a campaign of tolerance for World Refugee Day.UNHCR supports the Kyrgyz Republic to reduce number of stateless people
14.06.2012
Today the State Registration Service (SRS) of the Kyrgyz Republic organized a ceremony to hand over passports of Kyrgyz citizenship to 23 former stateless persons in Alamedinsky district of Chui province.Even one person forced to flee is too many
19.04.2012
Every day, thousands of people flee war, persecution and terror. We believe even one person forced to flee is too many! Do you?Statelessness Roundtable brought issues of stateless people closer for representatives of NGO and media
16.12.2011
Almaty- On 15 December 2011, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) conducted a Regional Roundtable on "Joint Actions to Address Statelessness in Central Asia".The Ambassador of Germany and the UNHCR Representative in Kyrgyz Republic meet refugee students in Bishkek
18.11.2011
Bishkek, 17 November 2011 - During an annual gathering of DAFI scholars in Kyrgyzstan, H.E. Ambassador Gudrun Maria Sräga of Germany and UNHCR Representative Mr. Hans Friedrich Schodder awarded new scholars with certificates and congratulated recent graduates of the DAFI programme.