Krise in Kirgistan: Aktuelle Situation
Unser Mitarbeiter Will Lynch, Country Director für Ostasien, ist in Kirgistan und berichtet über seinen Einsatz und die aktuelle Situation vor Ort.
Osh, June 22, 2010 – “When the shooting stops, traffic picks up and the markets open — and it is sometimes hard to see the stress. Today was a day, one of several mentioned, when ethnic violence (or what the Kyrgyz I spoke to called “the war”) was to start again. Nobody seems to know why that term is used, but on June 10 people called and texted each other saying, “The war has started.”
There were mixed reports yesterday of an operation in Nariman. The consistent information was it was carried out by authorities, two people were killed and several were injured. There is a lot of conjecture. Some NGOs suspended their work today as a result. Save the Children was making health and hygiene kit distributions and taking assessment data in Nariman several hours after the incident and were unaware anything had happened.There was a visit this morning by the President. Our staff was to attend but when they arrived, a very large crowd (hundreds) was trying to see her as well. They described the situation as tense, and we advised our staff to leave the area.
Teams distributed another 200 hygiene kits in Osh to women displaced by the fighting and administered another 20 assessments. We’ve delivered 1,200 kits benefiting 6,000 people, mainly women and children. I was supposed to write a narrative explaining the findings, but never got to it. We rented additional office space, taking over the rest of the compound where the office is located. Warehouses for the non-food items and relief food are coming under contract. The 5,000 health and hygiene kits we ordered yesterday were bid, tendered and bought in Bishkek. They are expected to arrive tomorrow. The town is filling up with relief agencies and with them will come additional assistance. The time of beginning is ending and full-fledged response is getting under way. And I leave on Thursday.”
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