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When a country is not fully integrated into the international financial system, how do local businesses finance the purchase from abroad of expensive equipment and material on which their growth depends?

Sergey Lee knows how to make a bomb. “It must be round and have a strong flavour of crème brûlée. And sales are guaranteed,” says Mr Lee, Director of Sheen-line, a dairy producer specialising in ice cream, located in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz capital.

They were excited about selecting a girl and a boy from the group to present their first project. It would be a first move away from depressing Kelechek-2005 towards vibrant Kelechek-2010. Without benefit of financial support, the project aimed to convince local people and the local administration to clean up the rubbish that caused so many health and other problems in the district.

With the closest secondary school 16 km away, 10-year-old children in Minoruk have been forced to choose between the comfort of home and the importance of education. Now, for the first time in the history of the small village, children will not have to leave their families in order to attend school.