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Iraq University Linkages Program participants

Emerging from over a decade of war, young people across Iraq are renewing their aspirations for their own futures and the future of their country. In August, a brave group of Iraqi undergraduates...

Posted on September 27, 2012 - in Higher Education Development, Education
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Noela Jonathan

When Noela Jonathan asks the Tanzanian government for a shilling, she considers herself lucky to get just half. Such is life at public universities across Tanzania, where an already cash-tight...

Posted on September 24, 2012 - in Civil Society Strengthening, Education, Youth
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Librarians in Crimea Promoting Literacy with Tech

A library in the Crimea has attracted Azerbaijani children of recent immigrants with online games and technology, and helped them...

Posted on September 14, 2012 - in Media Development
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Serbian language station TV Puls began broadcasting the Kosovo Assembly earlier

TV Puls, a local Serb language TV station in Kosovo supported by USAID and IREX, went live last week with coverage of the Kosovo National Assembly. The broadcasts signaled an important technical...

Posted on September 11, 2012 - in International Education, Research Support
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IREX Alumna Launches Career with Field Research Experience

Q & A with Dr. Jeanine Braithwaite, a Professor of Public Policy at the University of Virginia and Senior Economist at the World Bank, who launched her career as an IREX research scholar in...

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The power of reading to a young learner is immense. In honor of International Literacy Day, IREX recognizes two Filipina master...

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Catholic Priest and Sunni Sheikh Join Forces in Lebanon

Thanks to a small grant from the One Community program, a Catholic priest and a Sunni sheikh in Saida, Lebanon joined forces to write and...

Project Smile participants

On a cold winter morning, 300 female students at a low-income school in Rawalpindi gathered in the school courtyard for an unexpected surprise....

Posted on September 4, 2012 - in Civil Society Strengthening, Conflict Resolution, Youth
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Local religious leaders greet at a renovated interfaith dialogue center for yout

Leaders from diverse religious and political backgrounds recently gathered to celebrate the renovation of the Center of Salim Ghazal for...