<b>Today International Eurasia Press Fund (IEPF) has planted 1000 trees in refugee and IDPs settlement Zobjug with financial support of FINCA-Azerbaijan within the project “Planting of decorative trees in Zobjug settlement for refugee/IDPs in Fizuli Region”. <br /> </b>
Ali Aliyev, Head of Local Executive Power of Fizuli Region, Manish Sane, Country Director, FINCA-Azerbaijan, Umud Rahimoglu, Chairperson of IEPF and representatives from regional communities participated in the event. İn his opening speech Ali Aliyev Head of Local Executive Power of Fizuli Region expressed his deepest gratitude for the action on eve of Novruz, to Manish Sane, Country Director, FINCA-Azerbaijan and Umud Rahimoglu, Chairperson ofIEPF. In detail he talked about the reconstruction workheld due to the Decree and recommendations given by Ilham Aliyev, the President of the Azerbaijan Republic in recent years, and about the difficultlife circumstances of local inhabitants standing face to face with enemy. As he stated more than 2100 families are settled in Zobjuq Settlements. Considerable reconstruction activities and planting of greenery in settlements were conducted by local authority’s initiative.
U. Rahimoglu expressed his thanks to Mr. M. Sane and Mr. A.Aliyev for supporting this action. He stated that IEPF was responsible for transportation of trees that had been grown in VTC Cooperative Farm from the farm, planting and watering: “Through trainings organized for war victims and their family members at Terter Vocational Training Centre (VTC) established within the project financed by US Department of States with the purpose that they will create their own income generating activity fields. Within last 2 years 80 persons acquired various new professional skills at VTC. 16 persons out of them preferred to have nursery business. As soon as they have acquired skills through training on nursery majority of them started growing fruit and decorative trees. And the purpose of this action is to be supportive to war victims in:marketing of their grown up decorative trees; procuring and transporting them to IDPs settlement Zobjug in Fizuli Region; and planting them in plot of land in IDPs settlement”.
U.Rahimoglu stated that this action will be an important step in improving the war victims’ life circumstances and supportive in creating green area in IDPs settlement and improving ecological environment.
Furthermore Mr. M. Sane, Country Director “FINCA-Azerbaijan” made a speech and congratulated all participants with upcoming Novruz Holiday. He stated that they were very pleased to join this action and support it and his organization would continue supporting such kind of actions in future. He said: “FINCA-Azerbaijan” is an affiliation of FINCA Micro-Financial Holding” (FMH) that belongs to and managed by “FINCA International Inc.” It functions in 21 countries of 5 continents. Missions of FINCA MFH are: establish its activities at places; create its assets and render entrepreneurs with low income financial service with the purpose to improve their lives circumstances. FINCA-Azerbaijan serves more than 120 000 active clients at its 29 affiliations and 34 sub-affiliations created in various rural regions of Azerbaijan under groups such as Country/Rural Credit Group; Solidarity Credit Group; Individual Express Credit; Small and Middle Entrepreneurship Credit and Individual Rural Credits. FINCA-Azerbaijan keeps to supreme commercial principals of functioning and sustainability. Mr. M. Sane told that FINCA-Azerbaijan will enlarge its activity on micro-credit service in Fizuli Region. “Inhabitants of Fizuli Region were provided with micro-credits from Beylagan Office of FINCA-Azerbaijan, but from April FINCA-Azerbaijan plans opening its new office in Fizuli Region”