"Act Central Asia" is the Representation of donor organization Christian Aid, United Kingdom and has been working in Central Asia since 1996. The general objectives of Act Central Asia are to enhance the quality and impact of work in the region by improving the service and support to our partners - local NGOs.
The programmes in Tajikistan involve around fifteen partner organisations of differing size and at various stages of development. The major priorities and themes of these programmes are the provision of basic services with a rights-based approach to vulnerable and marginalised urban and sub-urban groups such as pensioners, street children and settlers, community development with a strong focus on self-help groups as a basis for mobilisation and empowerment and micro-finance development, rural livelihood development which includes micro-crediting, work on land rights, health and reproductive health education, HIV and AIDS and work on improving gender relations and reducing violence against women.