Our team unites efforts of professionals, experts, and nonprofit groups working in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to find and implement solutions to problems of toxic persistent pollutants and associated health risks.
EHPMI has active teams and operates in the following countries: Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Mongolia. The national teams have been present and worked in Eastern Europe and Central Asia region for over 15 years.
The project was implemented in 2023-2024 by EHPMI-Peshsaf with the financial and organizational support of FAO UN and the Environmental Protection Committee under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan
Project dates: 2023-2024
Number of people at risk: 15,000 residents
Source of pollution: Burials of obsolete pesticides, DDT
Project implementers: CSO “Peshsaf”, EHPMI, Environmental Protection Committee
Total cost: 100,000 USD; the project was funded by FAO/GEF.
The project was implemented in 2023-2024 by Human Health Institute, Karaganda Regional Ecological Museum (EcoMuseum), Ecoforum of Kazakhstan, and EHPMI, with financial and organizational support of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Global Environment Facility (GEF).
Project dates: 2023-2024.
Number of people at risk: 7000
Source of pollution: Burials and former pesticide warehouses, toxaphene, lindane, DDT
Project implementers: Civil Society Association “Human Health Institute” (HHI), Association of legal entities "Ecoforum Kazakhstan," Public Association “Karaganda Regional Ecological Museum” (EcoMuseum), EHPMI
Total cost: 120 000 USD, funded by FAO/GEF
The project was implemented in 2023 by EHPMI member CSO Peshsaf in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Committee under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and the financial support of FSD and UNEP
Project dates: 2023
Number of people at risk: 6,000 residents
Source of pollution: Burials of obsolete pesticides, DDT
Project implementers: CSO “Peshsaf”, EHPMI, Environmental Protection Committee
Total cost: $14,000, the project was funded by FSD as part of UNEP/GEF project
