Reconnecting

Aziza Umarova

Child with face paint, Uzbekistan's Republican Cancer Hospital

Helping to inspire UNDP

Last Saturday a small task force of “crazy” volunteers from UNDP in Uzbekistan opened up a new, colourful playroom in a  grey, dull looking  Soviet-style Republican Cancer Hospital. We hope it will bring some relief to kids suffering from cancer. With $1,500 in donations and in-kind contributions we were able to pull this off in only two months. It was a simple way for us to reconnect with our core purpose and the motivations that brought us to join a development organization in the first place. What if we could transfer this “rapid development” project approach and make it a standard operating principle for the development sector?

Uzbekistan: new playroom in Republican Cancer Hospital

Uzbekistan: new playroom in Republican Cancer Hospital

Uzbekistan: volunteers and doctors from children's cancer ward in Republican Cancer Hospital

Uzbekistan: volunteers and doctors from children's cancer ward in Republican Cancer Hospital

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  • Panos Liverakos

    Aziza, congratulations for this great initiative! It is my suggestion that this initiative is publicised widely within and outside UNDP.

    I particularly appreciate your reasoning driving you to implement this initiative; the connection between purpose and motivation to join a development organisation and good deeds performed.

  • Aziza Umarova

    Panos, many thanks for your warm words.Appreciated.

  • Ahmed Syed

    A much needed initiative with a joyous, heart-warming outcome!!! This is caring at its finest. May God bless you.