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Brighter Colors and Brighter Futures for Scholarship Recipients

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While university scholarships provided to Kazakhstan’s disadvantaged youth will certainly help them towards brighter futures, there is still an important component necessary for becoming an empowered and successful individual. That piece is the development of the life skills necessary in order to “effectively improve the economic and social situations of their families, communities, and nation."

While university scholarships provided to Kazakhstan’s disadvantaged youth will certainly help them towards brighter futures, there is still an important component necessary for becoming empowered and successful individuals.

Small Bike, Big Dreams

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I came outside and found a little girl in a headscarf waiting for me. Her bike was rusty and small, but she steadfastly pedaled behind me as I jogged along the hot Malaysian road.

I came outside my apartment to go for a run and found a little girl waiting for me. Her bike was rusty and small, but she steadfastly pedaled beside me on the the hot Malaysian road. This soon became routine. I spent a year teaching in Malaysia and each day Athirah biked behind me on my daily run. As she cycled, she quizzed me on random words like “goat” and “coconut tree," and my Bahasa skills slowly grew.

Teach for Turkey

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Sevcan is twenty three years old. She grew up in Hatay, Turkey a rare place in the Middle East where mosques, churches and synagogues peacefully coexist.

Sevcan is 23 years old. She grew up in Hatay, Turkey, a rare place in the Middle East where mosques, churches and synagogues coexist. Jamie is 25 years old and grew up in suburban Chicago. Sevcan and Jamie have never met, but they share a love of English literature and a desire to improve lives through education. Their divergent career paths point to differences in the way that Turkey and the United States prepare recent graduates for careers in the classroom.

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