"The work of the GEF Small Grants Program is very important for Kazakhstan. It allows local communities to meet actual challenges and to rise to their potential. We are honored to take part in GEF's activities and give our expert voices to the most promising projects, which give community-based organizations a chance to build their sustainable future. So many important initiatives have been implemented with SGP support and we hope there will be more."

"GEF SGP gives us possibilities to improve our being, start positive changes and sustainable development. Actually, implementing environmental initiatives with SGP's support, we got not only environmental benefits, but we benefited in many spheres of our life. We started our initiative thanks to GEF SGP and now we work on our own, helping other communities to replicate our successful experience."

"The support of GEF SGP is the real input in our development. SGP is very needed in our country – it stimulates our communities, especially remote settlement, to take care of their lifestyle, to get new knowledge and skills."