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Youth in Chelyabinsk Use Theater to Tackle Difficult Issues June 1, 2010 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...	High School Student Represents Peers on Government Committee 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.
YDCP Participant Invited to the London International Youth Science Forum 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.	YDCP Youth Projects Help Russian Cities Gain UNICEF Recognition May 1, 2010 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.
Youth in Petrozavodsk Open Dialogue with Regional Government April 1, 2010	Aleksandar Stojkovic Wins IREX’s First Photo Contest on Facebook! April 1, 2010 by Daniel Crowder Congratulations to Aleksandar Stojkovic for his winning photo of his colleague Srdjan Ilic on an improvised anchor chair during an in-house training IREX arranged for their television station, TV 017 in Vranje (through the Serbia Media Assistance Program).
Youth Leadership Camp Helps Woman in North Caucasus Win Scholarship March 26, 2010 When Katya Borisevich first heard about the prestigious Potanin Scholarship, which supports students from across the Russian Federation in designing social and entrepreneurial projects, she dreamed of applying but never imagined she could win.	Need-Based Financing Opens Doors to College for Kazakhstani Students March 22, 2010 by Susie Armitage Muratbek Kuskulov, a cheerful young man from Kazakhstan, radiates optimism despite having faced many hardships in his 20 years. He’s supported himself since the tragic loss of his parents several years ago, and graduated from a vocational high school last spring with excellent grades.
Wrestling Competition Unites Moldovan Youth March 10, 2010 Wrestling tournament brings together sportsmen from across Moldova through the USAID-funded, IREX-implemented Moldova Citizen Participation Program (CPP), encouraging collaboration and healthy living.	Yemeni Youth Develop Filmmaking Skills to Address Extremism March 9, 2010 Little-discussed topics in Yemen are about to see wider dialogue through creative film projects by the country’s youth. Films will address complex issues that can contribute to radicalism—including globalization, anti-Westernism, modernization, alienation, and community disadvantage.