SDC - Housing scheme for migrants in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia 2003-2005

Housing scheme for migrants in Ufa, Bashkortostan

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Republican Society of Migrants and Refugees, Ufa

Russia - Bashkortostan (Ufa)

KA: 7F-02507.01

Oct 2003 - Dec 2005

CHF 500,000 *approx. USD 400-450k)

On-going (?)

This action is designed to help improve living conditions for migrant families in the Bashkir capital of Ufa by building a new housing scheme. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early Nineties, many refugees and deportees have returned to their homeland or have moved to a region with a more prosperous economy. This is the case in the independent Republic of Bashkortostan on the southern slopes of the Urals. Bashkortostan is a relatively stable Republic, among other things because of the oil deposits in the region. However, the many immigrant families over the past ten years have not been successfully absorbed and integrated, and more than 35'000 refugees and migrants are still living in precarious conditions. Under the project, 120 families receive their own piece of land (made available by the government of the Republic), where they can build a house and also have room for a small garden to feed themselves. The SDC share in this project consists in providing the necessary basic infrastructure for the housing scheme (water and electricity supply network, etc.). The local NGO Republican Society of Migrants and Refugees in Ufa is responsible for implementation of the project. Strengthening this organization is a further aim of the project

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