{"id":21245,"date":"2021-07-12T22:02:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T22:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adra.org\/?p=21245"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:33:53","slug":"news-release-adra-volunteers-in-kyrgyzstan-help-neighbors-combat-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/news-release-adra-volunteers-in-kyrgyzstan-help-neighbors-combat-covid-19","title":{"rendered":"Pressemitteilung: ADRA-Freiwillige in Kirgisistan helfen Nachbarn im Kampf gegen COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

(KYRGYZSTAN) July 12, 2021 \u2013 The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is launching 39 neighborhood information centers in Kyrgyzstan to create awareness about COVID-19 prevention and vaccination and to help vulnerable people access needed social services during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ADRA staff and volunteers in Kyrgyzstan distributed food and hygiene kits to elderly people who were confined in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/em>
Photo credit: Galina Ahn.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLack of understanding of the critical need to adhere to prevention measures has contributed to the spread of COVID-19 in Kyrgyzstan,\u201d says Igor Litvinov, country director for ADRA in Kyrgyzstan. \u201cRegarding vaccination, there are two opposing views: some people want to receive the COVID-19 vaccine but do not know how to get it, while others believe false rumors about the vaccine and completely refuse it. At the same time, people are suffering from lost income, high consumer prices, reduced access to health care, threats of domestic violence and other difficulties because of the pandemic but are not aware of services that can help them with their situation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To address these problems, ADRA developed a plan to make reliable, accurate information more accessible to the community, especially to vulnerable groups such as the elderly, people with disabilities and migrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project will follow a model that has been used successfully by ADRA in Kyrgyzstan for nearly two decades. In each targeted neighborhood or community, ADRA will select 10 to 12 respected, civic-minded individuals to form a \u201cself-help group.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADRA will train the group members and provide them with information to share with the community about COVID-19 prevention, vaccination and public services such as medical care, psychosocial support, legal assistance and welfare benefits. Each group will open a public consultation and information center in the home of a group member or in a local government building where the public can meet with volunteers to receive trusted information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn this country, people traditionally look for a familiar, competent person, such as a relative or neighbor, who can tell them what public services are available and what needs to be done to use them,\u201d says Litvinov. \u201cThe members of self-help groups are such people, well informed and always ready to help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the region, as well as with government agencies, ADRA is recruiting 390 volunteers to run 39 information centers in six cities and villages in Kyrgyzstan. Most of the groups will operate in the capital, Bishkek. Their services will be promoted through advertising, social media and cell phone messaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese ADRA volunteers will educate their neighbors about how to protect themselves against COVID-19 and connect them with agencies that can help them cope with the financial and emotional hardships caused by the pandemic,\u201d says Litvinov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coronavirus cases are on the rise in Kyrgyzstan, prompting fears of another deadly wave of illness like the one that the country experienced during \u201cBlack July\u201d last year. Kyrgyzstan has administered enough COVID-19 vaccine doses to fully vaccinate less than two percent of the population, according to local reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADRA in Kyrgyzstan has addressed critical needs throughout the pandemic. In 2020, ADRA volunteers distributed 1,280 food kits and 1,280 hygiene kits to elderly people who were isolated in their homes during the country\u2019s lockdown. ADRA also raised funds to donate three oxygen concentrators, along with masks, protective overalls and gloves to three hospitals: two in Bishkek and one in a rural area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about ADRA’s ongoing COVID-19 response at ADRA.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalisten, die ein Interview f\u00fcr diesen Artikel w\u00fcnschen, k\u00f6nnen sich per E-Mail an press@ADRA.org<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00dcber ADRA <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Das Adventistische Entwicklungs- und Hilfswerk ist der internationale humanit\u00e4re Arm der Kirche der Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten, der in 118 L\u00e4ndern t\u00e4tig ist. Ihre Arbeit st\u00e4rkt Gemeinschaften und ver\u00e4ndert Leben rund um den Globus, indem sie nachhaltige Gemeinschaftsentwicklung und Katastrophenhilfe leistet. Das Ziel von ADRA ist es, der Menschheit zu dienen, damit alle so leben k\u00f6nnen, wie Gott es vorgesehen hat. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter ADRA.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Das Adventistische Entwicklungs- und Hilfswerk (ADRA) richtet in Kirgisistan 39 Informationszentren in der Nachbarschaft ein, um das Bewusstsein f\u00fcr die COVID-19-Pr\u00e4vention und -Impfung zu sch\u00e4rfen und gef\u00e4hrdeten Menschen den Zugang zu den w\u00e4hrend der Pandemie ben\u00f6tigten sozialen Dienstleistungen zu erleichtern.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1051,609,284,940,614,1],"tags":[1139,774,437,1173,1151,1023,690,1021],"class_list":["post-21245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroasia","category-food-assistance","category-health","category-kyrgyzstan","category-news","category-uncategorized","tag-community-outreach","tag-covid-19","tag-disability-inclusion","tag-food-distribution","tag-immunizations","tag-non-food-items-nfis","tag-protection","tag-psychological-first-aid"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21245"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45872,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21245\/revisions\/45872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}