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In 1999 the NGO “Foundation to Support Civil Initiatives” started to be involved in the Earth Charter Initiative. As part of their effort, they disseminated the Earth Charter among key organizations in the country and have coordinated several local meeting to discuss the first and second drafts of the Earth Charter text.
 
Since then the Foundation and its Chairperson, Dr. Muazama Burkhanova, have promoted and used the Earth Charter in various ways. Numerous activities and events have been held in the country to promote the Earth Charter principles and its vision and mission in the country. Among such activities were educational workshops and training sessions at different levels, from secondary schools, to the teachers of the remote rural areas, to the local authorities in the cities and in the distant makhaljas (community centers). The high-level training projects for the Tajik governmental officials, youth organizations and the national Academy of Sciences were also held during this period. The Foundation, as the Earth Charter Tajik Affiliate, organized summer camps for children and youth from cities and rural areas, held educational games, used Earth Charter videos and made various presentations about the Earth Charter.
 
Between 2007 and 2008 the Earth Charter Guidebook for Teachers and the Earth Charter brochure were translated into the Tajik language and were published. This made possible the wider dissemination of the Earth Charter vision and mission among all sector of the Tajik civil society, and has led to new educational opportunities and activities. In 2009 the Ministry of Education of Tajikistan approved the launch of a series of first pilot Earth Charter lessons in the secondary schools of Dushanbe (the Tajik capital). The first lesson took place in school N1 for forty students of the 8th grade, and it will be followed by another 15 lessons once a week, (16 lessons in total, and each lesson covering a corresponding principle of the Earth Charter). The first lesson caused such enthusiasm among teachers and students, that the number of participating student groups will be increased.

There is one Earth Charter Youth Group in Tajikistan, called ECYG Dushanbe: “Live Earth”. They joined the Earth Charter Youth network in December 2008. ECYG's mission is to raise awareness about the Earth Charter among Tajik youth and to promote Earth Charter values and principles into the national educational system.