Center for Civil Society International ([email protected])
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CCSI has recently received an e-mail message from Perzent in
Nukus, Uzbekistan announcing an international children�s conference
�Children�s Response to the Aral Sea Problem�
in Nukus in August 1999
Perzent, the Karakalpak Center for Reproductive Health and
Environment, believes that despite numerous discussions about the
fate of the Aral Sea, one segment of the local citizenry has not
been consulted--children, who make up 40% of the region�s
population. With this in mind, Perzent organized an ecological
summer camp for children from throughout Central Asia at Lake
Issyk-Kul, with support from Save the Children Fund in Sweden and
the U.K. One outcome of the camp was the establishment of a
Children�s Environmental Network in Central Asia with
coordinating groups in each country. Another was the development
of plans for the conference in 1999.
The conference will be organized and managed by children.
Perzent is currently looking for partners--organizations with
experience working with children--to participate in the
conference and share their experience and ideas. A planning
workshop will be held in Tashkent in late March or early April,
1999.
If you are interested in participating in the conference or would
like more information, please contact:
Oral Ataniyazova, Director
Karakalpak Center for Reproductive Health and Environment
�Perzent�
a/ya 27
742012 Nukus
Republic of Karakalpakstan
Uzbekistan
Tel/Fax: +998 (6122) 7-55-17
E-mail: [email protected]
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