The Early Childhood Development Center was completed in August of 2024 and on October 12th, the President of Tajikistan, His Excellency Emomali Rahmon came to Rushan and performed the opening ceremony of the Center. We are obviously very pleased that our project received this honor. The project took over two years to complete. There were many hurdles to complete and open the facility. However, the excellent work done by our partner, Ravshandilon, on the ground, brought the project to a completion. The Center will accommodate 120 students ages 3 to 5 on two floors. The third floor of the building has a training center for teachers and for others who want to use it as a meeting place for educational or other extracurricular activities. The land that the ECD Center sits on was granted by the government to build the ECD Center and the Government has committed to paying for the running of the Center. However, we believe that we will have to continue subsidizing the cost of operating this Center if we want it to maintain a high standard, consistent with the Center in Khorog that was developed by AKDN. We are going to continue this support to ensure that the Center operates according to our expectations. Please follow the link below to the Tajikistan Government website to see videos and pictures related to the opening of the Center. Thank you, once again, for your generous and continued support of our work in Tajikistan and Northern Pakistan.