Postcard from Bishkek

Last week the latest newsletter from Healthprom arrived in the email. I have written about Healthprom before, (for example: here), about their work, (particularly in Kyrgyzstan), how I came across them and why I like their particular approach.

Back in March, I wrote a postcard about the UK based charity Healthprom which had held an international conference on “intellectual disability” here in Bishkek. Shortly after posting it, I was surprised to receive an email from a client who had worked on a project with them in the past, who thanked me for the […]

This last week I have had a stream of visitors asking to see me, each of them, so it seems, with an air of shy embarrassment and hopeful expectation, and each of them clutching a piece of paper. I know them all.  We’ve before and the conversation starts with general small talk: How are you?, […]