Year of Healthy Children, Uzbekistan

How wonderful it must have been for a country to dedicate an entire year to the health of its youth. Now that is what we at The Move! Karachi Project consider resources and wealth of a nation being put to good use. Kudos to you Uzbekistan!

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The Uzbek President Islam Karimov had always established a themed for each year since 1997 and 2014 was the Year of Healthy Children. The country budgeted almost US $2.1 billion on the several different projects throughout the year. The government now plans to build about 1,700 gyms in all Uzbek provinces. Summer camps for kids were also arranged during this year, to which 82,000 kids received free trips. Mothers and their children were provided medical checkups and now the country has several new 'child fitness camps' under construction.


2015 has been declared the Year of Elders, with focus on respect and care of the senior citizens. Pakistan should really consider this idea of themes for each year; it will allow the authorities to tackle social issues much
more effectively. Our project will definitely follow in the footsteps of the Uzbeks and who knows, maybe someday we will be able to organize summer camps for Karachi kids and construct fitness camps for them.