Friends of Nuri Umed

Nuri Umed is a Tajik NGO which supports marginalized women and persons with disabilities through the raising of knowledge and skills.

“Nuri Umed” is a small NGO created by former collaborators of an international development organization near Penjikent town in Zarafshan valley in northern Tajikistan. Penjikent is located 60 kilometers east of Samarkand in Uzbekistan, but the border post between the two countries was closed in 2010, which causes an even greater isolation of the valley which is now only reachable through mountain  ...