Officer stories: Up close with Tajikistan Country Manager Musab Alomar

Tajikistan is a wonderful country; and despite the poverty and hardship that its people experience, still they are most kind and hospitable.  I have visited Tajikistan several times, to appraise and monitor the OPEC Fund’s projects in the country. Our projects there are all located in the mountainous regions, where the climate is harsh, with ferociously hot summers and extremely cold and windy winters. These regions are rural,  with no electricity, and hardly any infrastructure – so you can imagine how appreciated our projects are by the local communities. One of my most fond memories is from a site visit. On our way to the site, on extremely rough terrain, we saw children elegantly wearing their uniforms, waiting for the school bus.  They were all crowded at the bus stop, which sheltered them from the pouring rains. The bus stop was part of an OPEC Fund co-financed project.”