Cultural—sponsorship
of cultural exchanges-music, dance, visual art
Cultural—organization
of citizen tours to Dushanbe and Tajikistan
Cultural—participation
in local international fairs and festivals
Cultural—sponsorship
of local educational programs about Tajik culture
Cultural—assembly
of the Tajik Teahouse, gift of the people of Dushanbe, where
Boulder citizens gather in an authentic Tajik environment
Educational—sponsorship
of high school and university student exchanges
Educational—promotion
of teacher exchanges
Educational—assistance
and encouragement with an ongoing relationship between the
Boulder Flatirons Elementary School and Dushanbe Pushkin School
#20. Last year a group of educators and editors from Tajikistan
visited Boulder. The principal of School #20 fortified the
relationship with Flatirons Elementary during her visit
Medical—sharing
of medical knowledge through physician, nurse practitioner, and
medical technician exchanges
Medical—Boulder
Community Hospital and Dushanbe’s City Medical Center
partnership to improve medical care in Boulder and Dushanbe in
collaboration with the American International Health Alliance
(AIHA) (www.aiha.com).
Recent activities included family medicine training initiative, a
World Bank funded training program for nurses. Boulder Community
Hospital is investigating a new partnership with the Aga Khan
Foundation to develop a partnership for a health care systems
reform project in Tajikistan
Environmental—exchange
of knowledge about environmental conservancy through special
projects
Environmental—development
of an international Peace Garden along Boulder Creek
Business—encouragement
of business exchanges to develop trade opportunities
Organizational—publication
of a newsletter covering Boulder-Dushanbe Sister Cities
activities
Organizational—co-sponsorship,
with the Boulder Public Library and CU's International Film
Series, the annual Boulder Festival of Soviet film
Ongoing—March
annual celebration of Navruz at the Boulder-Dushanbe Teahouse.
Navruz celebrates the Tajik and Persian New Year
