Eng - UNDP in Tajikistan

DEVELOPMENT PARTNER PROFILE
NGO
Welthungerhilfe
Contact: Ms. Manuela Strobel
Regional Director for Central Asia
Tel: 224-72-36 Fax: 221-89-06
E-mail: Manuela.Strobel@welthungerhilfe.de
Website: www.welthungerhilfe.de
Organization Profile
Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e.V. is one of the largest German Non Governmental Organizations. It focusses its activities on the assistance to
people in need in Asia, Africa and Latin America through implementation of projects funded by private donations and public funding. The
Federal German President Horst Kohler is its patron. The main donors of Welthungerhilfe are the Federal German Government, the European
Union and the United Nations. Since its foundation in 1962, Welthungerhilfe has contributed approximately ˆ 1.8 billion in support of 3,496
self-help projects, 973 projects for children and youth, and 892 emergency programmes in 70 countries.
Committed, competent and reliable local partner organizations carry out the projects. The target groups are the poorest of the poor: landless
people, small farmers, women, children and youth; people who have lost everything as a result of war or environmental disasters; people who
need start-up aid to lead a secure, dignified life. The projects concentrate on following areas: agriculture and environment, survival and
reconstruction aid, children and youth, drinking water supply, crafts and business, strengthening self-help groups and partner organisations.
Our staff working in Germany and abroad helps to ensure the professional, efficient support and execution of programmes, especially in the
areas of emergency aid and rehabilitation. Welthungerhilfe has been receiving the seal of approval for donations from the German Central
Institute for Social Issues (Deutsche Zentralinstitut fur soziale Fragen - DZI) every year since it was founded for its economical and
transparent use of funds.
Welthungerhilfe is a member of the Alliance2015, a network of 6 European NGOs working in development.
In 2006 the organization carried out 298 projects in 48 countries and thereby reached over 4 million people. The focal point of project work in
Africa, Asia and Latin America is on rural areas.
Past and Current Programmes
Welthungerhilfe launched the first of its aid programmes in Tajikistan in June 1994. It was registered at the Foreign Ministry of the Republic
of Tajikistan as an International NGO (Germanskaya Agroakzia, German Agro Action) with the registration number 017 on 18th October
1994 and has been operating in the country since then. During these thirteen years, a total of 67 projects have been run in Tajikistan
corresponding to an overall value of 86 million ˆ. The priority regions where Welthungerhilfe is operating are Northern Tajikistan (Sughd,
including Zerafshan valley) and Central Tajikistan (Rasht valley). In 2005 Welthungerhilfe started to operate also in Khatlon region.
Since March 2001, Welthungerhilfe has been running a Regional Co-ordination Office in Dushanbe, the chief tasks of which are
administrative and logistical support for the projects in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, co-operation and communication with donor
organizations and other relief organizations, backstopping of current as well as planning of new projects. Furthermore, Welthungerhilfe has
project offices in Dushanbe, Khojant, Penjikent, Baljuvan, and Ayni. A field office has been set up in Garm to provide organizational and
logistical support.
Welthungerhilfe has always emphasizing the cooperation with local NGOs. In Northern Tajikistan, it has been working together with the
Tajik NGO “Jovid” since 2002 which operates in the area of agriculture extension services and award of seed credits and micro-credits to new
privat farmers. In South Tajikistan Welthungerhilfe has been working together with the Local Micro Loan Fund “Haqiq” operating since April
2005 in the field of micro-credits. Both, “Jovid” and “Haqiq”, became important local partners for Welthungerhilfe as well as for other
international organizations working in the country. Another close cooperation exists with the Tajik NGO ASDP NAU, with whom
Welthungerhilfe is jointly implementing an Eco Tourism Project in Zerafshan Valley. In 2007 the local NGO “Azal” has started its activities
in the Districts of Nurobad, Rasht, Tavildara and Tajikobad.
In 2007 eleven projects have been under implementation in Tajikistan, of which five started the same year. All eleven projects have a total
volume of 5.9 mln Euro which is funded by the EC (ECHO, IBPP, FSP, TACIS), World Bank, the German Ministry of Economic
Cooperation, the German Foreign Department, and Welthungerhilfe itself. The projects focus on food security, poverty reduction, community
based ressource management, watershed management and environment, and disaster preparedness.
Welthungerhilfe supports national non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and cooperates closely with them on a partnership basis. To a
growing degree, these NGOs are turning into important factors in Tajik civil society and into executing agencies for complex development
ventures. In 2007, four of the eleven projects have been implemented by partner organisations of Welthungerhilfe.
Under the difficult civil war conditions, Welthungerhilfe's initial activities from 1994 on were restricted to immediate measures to cope with
the emergency situation. The population was supported through free distribution of food, winter clothing and fuel for heating. The programme
was supplemented by rehabilitation measures for destroyed infrastructure. Thanks to these activities, which were continued in times of civil
war both in government-controlled areas and in the opposition’s territories, Welthungerhilfe enjoys a considerable amount of trust among the
local population.
In 1996, a broad-based agricultural programme with a volume of more than eight million Euros was launched supporting smallholders and
farmers’ associations in the north and the central region of Tajikistan up to 2002. The programme was diversified up to the level of self-help
and the promotion of local food production. Activities initially concentrated on providing seed and credits in kind, fertiliser and training on
how to grow potatoes and wheat as well as assistance with the organisational development of new farmers’ associations. Since 2002, the
activities have been continued by the Tajik NGO "Jovid" in Sughd province and in an own-implemented project in the country’s central
region. The credits in kind have been turned into cash micro-credits for all agricultural activities. Right from the start, the chief target group of
Source: Aid Coordination and Project Monitoring System Database
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