Strengthening the role of the Russian language in Uzbekistan with Latvian taxpayers' money. This has happened due to the funding allocated to the organization Marta Center by the Society Integration Foundation (SIF) - 11,734 euros. The goal of the project is to “promote the involvement and capacity strengthening of Latvian civil society organizations in an international cooperation project aimed at preventing gender-based violence and developing a support system in Uzbekistan, providing methodological tools and training for local NGOs and other interested partners to improve the identification, support, and social integration of victims of violence.” The project has been implemented in a multilingual environment and the methodological (!!!) and informational materials are available in Russian and Uzbek. Thus, the methodological materials are in Russian. At a time when the Latvian budget lacks funds and we are not always able to help our people, the presence of the Russian language in Uzbekistan is being promoted at the expense of all society's resources. This case once again shows that SIF should either be liquidated or seriously reformed and cannot continue like this. #Šķelšanās #Sabiedrība #Valoda (translated)
