Continuing to focus its efforts and resources on the war against TB in Chechnya, MARCCH implemented the following new projects in this field:

• Funded the provision of UV lamps, which like regular sunlight kill TB bacilli in the air, in TB wards in the different TB dispensaries.

• Funded the building of a playground, in the grounds of a TB dispensary in Grozny.

• Supplied paediatric patients and staff with masks, which are badly needed in ordinary hospital wards, where cross infection is very common.

• Supplied toys that are being used to allow children in a mental health facility in Ingushetia to participate in activities forming part of a psycho-social programme to stimulate children and help their recovery

MARRCH could not have carried out this programme without the involvement and support of Medecins sans Frontieres, to whom it would like to express it warm thanks.

With the strong cooperation of a Russian NGO, Civic Assistance, MARCCH donated horses, livestock and agricultural equipment to a number of families in the mountain village of Zamsoy as part of a wider humanitarian drive to help villagers offer better nutrition to their children and rebuild their communities. We hope able to increase our support in this area significantly in the coming months.

Four MARRCH volunteers took to the English countryside for a 20 mile walk to raise funds for, and awareness of, MARCCH projects. They succeeded in raising £2062, more than twice their original target of £1000.

MARCCH purchased and delivered life-saving equipment and medical supplies for the main children’s hospital in the Chechen capital of Grozny. This equipment has made a real difference to the treatment and recovery of many of the children entering the hospital.