Region: Central Asia, Tajikistan
Author: Yuri Skochilov, School for Environmental Education
Consortium Member: Sacred Earth Network (SEN)
Status: Completed - Final Report
Budget: $138
Collected: $138
Needs: $0
Result: To fund monthly e-mail costs for Yuri Skochilov. He distributes a bulletin on environmental issues in Tajikistan, and provides e-mail service to environmental groups who are otherwise isolated.
Donors: Shannon Simrell, Pennsylvania, with Virtual Foundation Matching Funds [January 1998]
Comment: We have seen the extraordinary impact of e-mail access, which connects groups to outside information and moral suppport.
Yuri Skochilov uses e-mail to disseminate an electronic bulletin on environmental and NGO sector issues of Tajikistan. He provides local groups with contacts from afar, and relays e-mail messages for 8 local NGOs on a regular basis. Sometimes Yuri and his colleagues send and receive e-mail for 15 NGO representatives in a week. Yuri's networking has been essential to the development and growth of environmental groups in the region, but he needs extra help in covering the costs of relaying e-mail for so many groups. Needs: Yuri's network use charges range from $100-$150 per month.