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Integrating the Deaf Community in Kazakhstan January 31, 2012 by Jason Vuong Do There are limited services to protect and support the hearing impaired community in Kazakhstan. Once individuals complete schooling, few government resources exist to help them function independently alongside other citizens.	Low-Income Student Thrives on Educational Opportunity January 19, 2012 Dinara Shakmetova grew up in a small remote village in Kazakhstan with her single mother and four siblings. With limited economic resources, Dinara would often knit clothing items to sell as a way of making extra money for the family in addition to her studies and household chores.
Making Inclusive Education Possible December 16, 2011 Eight-year old Daulet suffers from a rare genetic illness that prevents him from walking without crutches or other assistance. Unable to attend classes with his peers and self-conscious about his disabilities, the disheartened boy spent much of his time indoors in state sponsored housing for impoverished families, afraid to play with his peers for fear of hurting himself. However, thanks to Bereke, a local NGO supported by the IREX-assisted BOTA Foundation, Daulet now takes art lessons and field trips along side other young children.	IREX Seeking Interviewers for 2012 Community Solutions Program Selection Process November 19, 2011 The deadline is December 2, 2011.
Alumni Fight Corruption in Kazakhstan with Award-Winning Videos November 18, 2011 by Amy Bernath Muskie program and Global UGRAD program alumni are among the winners of Open Your Eyes, a social advertising competition sponsored by the Soros Foundation Kazakhstan. As members of the Alumni Leaders League (ALL) of Kazakhstan, the alumni submitted the first-place video “Corruption is Dirt” and “Corruption and Prices,” winner of an audience award.	BOTA Foundation Provides 328 Tuition Grants for the 2011 School Year October 21, 2011 Over the last two years, BOTA’s Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) awarded 649 grants to young people from low-income families worth almost $2 million. This support is vital as tuition costs continue to rise.
International Day of Rural Women: Kazakh Mother Improves Family's Living Conditions October 14, 2011 To commemorate International Rural Women's Day, IREX would like to present this story about one woman's work to support her family. IRWD is a day to honor contributions of rural women to rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty. A caring mother of young children, and the wife of a local railway worker, Arman Tuygunbekova lives in a small village in Northern Kazakhstan. In this region unemployment is a constant threat, child development centers and schools are sparse and often ill equipped, and local women, like Arman, have little knowledge or access to information about proper nutrition for themselves and their families.	Leaders from 21 Countries Train in US to Improve Local Communities August 25, 2011 Sixty-four motivated community leaders from 21 countries arrived in the US recently to kick off the 2011 Community Solutions Program. Community Solutions is a professional development program for the best and brightest global community leaders striving for change in their communities.
2011-2012 Global UGRAD Fellows Begin US Experience August 18, 2011 143 young leaders from Eurasia and Central Asia arrived to begin academic and cultural fellowships at undergraduate institutions across the United States.	2011 Muskie Fellows Arrive in US August 17, 2011 A new class of Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellows arrived in the US recently to kick-off their graduate study programs. The fellowship program brings emerging leaders in key professional fields from Eurasia to the United States for one to two years of study at institutions across the United States.