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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.

Facing the Unknown: Chilean Miners and International Exchanges

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Working on exchange programs can sometimes feel like providing logistical support to people trapped in a mine. 

This week Secretary Clinton spoke to Balkan youth about the importance of cross-cultural exchange programs. “We should have more exchange programs with…other places in the world so that you can tell the story of Kosovo,” she told students in Pristina. Reports of Clinton's visit to Bosnia and Kosovo appeared alongside accounts of the Chilean miners emerging from their subterranean tunnel.

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