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Posted on December 3, 2008 - in International Education, Youth
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As in many countries, Ukrainian children with physical disabilities find themselves left out of important parts of their local communities and struggle to integrate themselves into society at...

On November 20, IREX celebrated its 40th anniversary with a special event at the Library of Congress. Ambassador William Burns and Senator Richard Lugar each gave addresses before policymakers,...

Posted on November 15, 2008 - in International Education, Education, Youth
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In light of the overwhelmingly positive feedback received from students and educators, IREX is now making available its Cultural Passport to America to schools, colleges, and universities. The...

Posted on November 12, 2008 - in Civil Society Strengthening, Youth
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Residents of Volgograd, Russia (formerly Stalingrad) are proud of their city’s pivotal role in World War II, but teens there want to make their hometown known for something else: positive...

Posted on October 9, 2008 - in Civil Society Strengthening, Youth
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Two facilitators and IREX staff recently conducted a workshop in the turbulent city of Tripoli where tension between Sunnis and Alawites erupted in violence that killed 16 people a few days...

Posted on September 4, 2008 - in International Education, Education, Youth
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ECA alumni recently organized a series of training courses on renewable energy for the children of Boarding-School #2 in Balkhash, Kazakstan. In cooperation with Kazakh National University,...

Posted on September 3, 2008 - in Civil Society Strengthening, Media Development, Youth
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Over 3,000 Ukrainian children and teenagers submitted drawings, collages, videos, articles, and even fairytales to an All-Ukrainian Art Contest entitled “I Say NO to Drugs!” for...

Posted on August 7, 2008 - in International Education, Education, Youth
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After participating in a Model United Nations project as an exchange student in the United States, Georgian UGRAD 2006 alumnus Giorgi Tskhekhani knew it was something that could be of great...

Posted on July 30, 2008 - in Civil Society Strengthening, Youth
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After four months of training, 15 young Moldovan journalists launched the newspaper Scurt Circuit (Short Circuit), which reports on corruption and its effects on youth. As part of their training...

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Two Hatboro-Horsham High School students, Anna Rubenstein and Kenny Pallis, along with the school’s Instructional Technology Specialist James Shield, were chosen to travel to Turkmenistan...