Ali Umarov fixing an excavator at the coal mine “Kyzyl-Bulak” about 6,5 km away from Sary-Mogol. Since the Covid-19 pandemic he has to work there as an electric welder. Initially a mountain guide, he is not satisfied with this work in the quarry where his health is in danger. 

Credit: Danil Usmanov (Kyrgyzstan)

To learn more about Danil Usmanov and his work, check out our French or Germanwebsite, we presented his work on our series “Central Asia through the lens of …”. 

These pictures are part of a UNDP Eurasia project “Surviving a pandemic: Visual impacts of Covid-19” realised in 2020.

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