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December 2, 2010
by Betsy Engebretson
Actors in Chelyabinsk

A group of young actors deal with difficult issues, such as HIV/AIDS, and educate their audiences both on and off the stage.

November 19, 2010
by Susie Armitage
Katya from Kandalaksha

One of the things I love about my job is getting to meet young people from around the world who are working to make their communities better places to live. This week in Moscow,

August 11, 2010
by Susie Armitage
Youth Theater for Peace participants at a summer camp in Tajikistan.

From time to time since I started focusing on youth development projects at IREX, I’ve thought back to my first day of ninth grade. I went to a big public high school with around 2,000 students, and I was a little lost, not really sure what to get involved in, or who my friends were going to be anymore.

June 1, 2010
After each performance, the cast of “Playing Life” stay in character and engage

Katya is an unemployed 18-year-old who steals money from her stepmom and doesn’t remember the last time she talked to either of her biological parents...

May 1, 2010

For the first time in its history, the Karelian Committee on Reforming the Housing and Public Utilities Sector has invited a school-aged girl to join its ranks.

May 1, 2010

Natalia Babkina, an active Youth Development Competencies Program (YDCP) participant recently traveled from her remote village in Tyumen Oblast to give a presentation at the youth conference “A Step to the Future” in Moscow.

May 1, 2010
Larisa Posadnik, deputy mayor of Petrozavodsk, speaking at the UNICEF conference

Petrozavodsk and Volgograd, two cities where IREX implements the USAID-funded Youth Development Competencies Program (YDCP), were recently highlighted as Child Friendly Cities because of their active youth programming and policy.

March 1, 2010

The USAID-funded Youth Development Competencies Program (YDCP), implemented by IREX, won Petrozavodsk’s 2009 award for Innovation of the Year.