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10-16.10.2017 Regional MRE Trainings for Frontiers

With joint efforts of TNMAC and STMAP, 3-days MRE training was provided for State Border Units in GBAO, namely in Kalai-Khum, Khorog and Ishkashim during 10-16 October 2017. The total number of training beneficiaries included 74 frontiers in the mentioned areas. The aim of the training is to share landmine hazard knowledge and safety skills to reduce the risk of death and injury from landmines among frontiers, as well as dissemination of MRE materials. The project added new target group to the framework of the National MRE Strategy in Tajikistan Mine Action Programme (TMAP). Based on the result of conducted MRE sessions, the frontiers obtained a strong knowledge regarding the hazards posed by landmines in the border regions. The military highlighted the importance of MRE subject for the frontiers, and especially for the checkpoints that located in the Tajik-Afghan border.

18-27.09.2017 STMAP and TNMAC Supports Ministry of Education

TNMAC and the Ministry of Education (MoE) negotiations meetings resulted in organized 8 MRE round tables in three regions of the country. From 18 to 27 of September, 157 rural people(38 women and 119 men) participated in abovementioned round tables covered three regions of RT. Roundtables were followed by organizing of 20 field sessions conducted by joint STMAP/TNMAC in collaboration with districts educations departments in 49 rural schools located in 6 target districts of Rasht, GBAO and Khatlon regions. The MRE roundtables held in rural schools located in high-risk areas where the last civilian casualties were registered. The sessions were conducted with the dissemination of 850 materials (10 types), role plays, and child-to-child and refresh safety briefings to all adults and children. Materials were distributed to the local authorities and schools. The contacts rosters updated to follow up the results of theroundtables and field sessions in target communities. A lot of information has been exchanged between the TNMAC and STMAP MRE team. 

03-05.08.2017
The STMAP/TNMAC MRE team organized nine Emergency MRE field sessions (3 sessions per day) in 6 villages of Saghirdasht jamoat, namely in Saghirdasht, Kamchak, Chukhkak, Safedoron, Saidon, Lukhch. In total 132 villagers (42 women and 90 men) namely local authorities, communities/villages leaders, school teachers and local shepherds/herdsmen were involved in MRE sessions from 3 to 5 August. The field sessions were accompanied by the distribution of 446 number of MRE materials. All participants shared their personal contacts with STMAP/TNMAC for further communication purposes. The topics of the workshop agenda were to inform the DED Inspectors, Schools Principles and Teachers on their role to support the MRE School-Based Activities in Rasht valley.

23.05.2017
The Emergency MRE is on the first plan for STMAP and TNMAC in the case of the new landmines and ERWs accidents. Since May to August of the current year, the emergency MRE workshop was organized for 38 (3 women and 35 men) participants, namely the inspectors of the 4 districts education departments, schools principals and teachers represented 4 districts – Rasht, Sangvor, Tojikobod, and Lakhsh. Most of them have come from those communities who severely affected by the landmines and explosive remnants of war left by civil war. This event held to follow up the happened antipersonnel accidents on 25 April with the young village boy who got an injury when he grazed sheep in the pasture. 

11.05.2017 Emergency Mine Risk Education

The Emergency MRE organized in 7 villages schools located in the border community Sarichashma of the district Sh. Shohin in joint field visit by UNDP STMAP, TNMAC, ICRC and RCST. Safety briefings with the distribution educational materials provided to schools principals and communities leaders, namely to 70 people (38 women and 32 men). These field events passed to follow up the happened antipersonnel accidents on May 9 with the 2 village boys teenagers (6-7grades) who got injured when they walked in the mountain close to their villages to collect spring herbs. The mountains area around the community Sarichashma was the former border places which covered with antipersonnel mines –PFM. This types of mines look like a butterfly that draw the attention of the children. Children and adults in mine-contaminated areas still must live their lives to face the landmines hazards.

Regional Trainings on “Gender & Diversity in MRE”
May –October 2017
The STMAP provided training package “Data Collection and Gender Process in MRE” that launched with the aim of to provide knowledge on gender mainstream in MRE and data collection.  From May to October, the two-day trainings conducted on “Data Collection and Gender Process in MRE” for 54 (20 women and 34 men) RCST MRE volunteers and teachers represented Khatlon, GBAO and Sughd regions. Collection data on MRE analyze data through the IMSMA forms that reveal the distinct at-risk behaviors of men, women, boys, and girlswith regards to landmine/ERW risks and threats. Disaggregated data on educating women, men, girls, boys’ requirements incorporated into IMSMA data sets as mandatory fields’ activities. These trainings refreshed knowledge of the RCST MRE national volunteers and teachers on gender and data collection on community and school-based activities, supported  gender-disaggregated statistics, gender analysis, gender impact evaluations, gender education at the community level, gender consciousness-raising, improved the availability of men, women and boys and girls when planning the timing, venue and composition of MRE meetings.

RCST MRE Volunteers Educated Women, Men, Boys & Girls
01.01-30.09.2017
Mine Risk Education (MRE) activities were mainstreamed into the national programmes and continue to respect the gender policy in its planning and activities. In 2017, the 32 (10 women and 22 men) educated national RCST MRE Volunteers provided 739 MRE IMSMA Field Forms that show the coverage of 41,467 (13,592 boys; 10,331 girls; 11,309 men; 6,235 women;) with safety messages. MRE activities resulted on decreasing of the number of mine/ERW casualties from 88 persons in 2000 to 3 persons in 2017. Children and adults in mine-contaminated areas still must live their lives. They have to farmland, walk to school, conduct business, visit neighbors and play with friends. And they need to know how to take the proper precautions against landmines and UXOs hazards. In 2017, 355 direct beneficiaries (90 women and 265 men) represented the local authorities, villages’ leaders; RCST volunteers and schools from Rasht, GBAO, Khatlon, and Sugd were trained by STMAP and provided with 4104 materials for their field activities/training.

13.06.2012 Regional Trainings for Teachers on Mine Risk Education Underway

Throughout Tajikistan, regional trainings for MRE teachers are carried out during this month by Shahrinisso Davlatova, the MRE coordinator of the Tajikistan Mine Action Programme. The main purpose of the trainings is to enhance or update the knowledge of teachers on how to instruct school children on the avoidance of the landmine/UXO hazard around them.

11.06.2012 French Ambassador visits TMAC to hand over Stock of Mine Risk Education Comic Books 

The Ambassador of France to Tajikistan, H.E. Henry Zipper de Fabiani, visited TMAC on Thursday June 8th, to officially celebrate the handover of a large Stock of the Comic Book “One Thousand and One Mines”.

10.05.2012 Continued Efforts for Mine Risk Education in the Tajik-Afghan Border Regions

The volunteers of the Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan (RCST) continue their Mine Risk Education projects during this year. Local branches of Red Crescent committees show a great effort in educating communities in seven border districts on the hazards that are posed by landmines on the Tajik-Afghan border

04.04.2012 International day on Mine Action Awareness

In the 4th of April, the Tajik Mine Action Centre (TMAC) organized the celebration of the International Mine Action Day, dedicated to the awareness of the hazard of landmines in the country.