The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) has worked in some of the most difficult, hard-to-reach parts of Africa and Asia for over 50 years. Prioritising the well-being and psychosocial support was crucial to our COVID-19 response framework for these fragile contexts.

The University of Central Asia’s Mountain Societies Research Institute will work with the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) to develop a GEF SGP Country Strategy for Kyrgyzstan. The programme will focus on funding local community-led environmental projects within a given priority area. SGP plans to also review, analyse, and codify results to allow replication and scale up of best practices within the country, and in other parts of the world.