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Returning to Tajikistan

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October 17th 2017
And sometimes it just seems abit surreal! Returning from our first farmer's meeting, we stop at a local fruit stand to enjoy some delicious watermelon and then further down we buy kilos of the best and largest pomegranates, I have ever seen, it feels like the most natural place for us to be. We are returning for another ACDI Voca project, our third, it feels so comfortable. Greeted so warm ... read more

Asia » Tajikistan » Kurgan Tube

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The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860s and 1870s, but Russia's hold on Central Asia weakened following the Revolution of 1917. Bolshevik control of the area was fiercely contested and not fully reestablished until 1925. Tajikistan beca... ... read more