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December 3, 2008
 As in many countries, Ukrainian children with physical disabilities find themselves left out of important parts of their local communities and struggle to integrate themselves into society at large. Motivated by the year she spent studying in the United States and her experiences working at summer camps for disabled children, Olga Mangusheva decided to confront this issue. |
November 21, 2008
 On November 20, IREX celebrated its 40th anniversary with a special event at the Library of Congress. Ambassador William Burns and Senator Richard Lugar each gave addresses before policymakers, partners, funders, friends, and IREX staff. |
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November 15, 2008
 In light of the overwhelmingly positive feedback received from students and educators, IREX is now making available its Cultural Passport to America to schools, colleges, and universities. The Cultural Passport to America offers educators the ability to facilitate and track American cultural experiences along with their visiting international students. |
November 12, 2008
 Residents of Volgograd, Russia (formerly Stalingrad) are proud of their city’s pivotal role in World War II, but teens there want to make their hometown known for something else: positive efforts by youth engaged in their community. A “Road Show” of the best youth-driven programs in Russia came to Volgograd in September as part of the USAID-funded, IREX-designed and -implemented Youth Development Competencies Program (YDCP). |
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October 9, 2008
 Two facilitators and IREX staff recently conducted a workshop in the turbulent city of Tripoli where tension between Sunnis and Alawites erupted in violence that killed 16 people a few days before the workshop took place. Despite the unstable security situation, the workshop attracted over 40 Sunni and Alawite youth, successfully bringing together members of opposing groups. The event was part of the IREX-administered Youth Civil Society and Leadership Program (YCSL) funded by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the US Department of State. |
September 4, 2008
 ECA alumni recently organized a series of training courses on renewable energy for the children of Boarding-School #2 in Balkhash, Kazakstan. In cooperation with Kazakh National University, Sofya Tairova (UGRAD ’06) led a group of alumni to teach children about renewable energy and how to apply this knowledge in practice. During the seven days of the course, the boarding school hosted professors from Kazakh National University, Kazakh National Technical University, The Institute of Botany, The Fish Institute of Balkhash, independent scientist-inventors, and businessmen working in the renewable energy area. |
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September 3, 2008
 Over 3,000 Ukrainian children and teenagers submitted drawings, collages, videos, articles, and even fairytales to an All-Ukrainian Art Contest entitled “I Say NO to Drugs!” for children aged nine to 15. The USAID-funded Ukrainian Media Partnership to Combat HIV/AIDS (UMP) partnered with corporate sponsors and governmental authorities in organizing this nationwide initiative to raise awareness of drug use—a major factor contributing to the growing HIV epidemic in Ukraine. |
August 7, 2008
 After participating in a Model United Nations project as an exchange student in the United States, Georgian UGRAD 2006 alumnus Giorgi Tskhekhani knew it was something that could be of great value if he could replicate the project in his home country. With dedication and assistance through the ECA Alumni Small Grants program and the support of United Nations Association of Georgia, Giorgi was recently able to do so, giving an opportunity to more than 230 students from 10 Georgian universities. |
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July 30, 2008
 After four months of training, 15 young Moldovan journalists launched the newspaper Scurt Circuit (Short Circuit), which reports on corruption and its effects on youth. As part of their training, the journalists investigated corruption and how it affects their daily lives at school, in their community, and at their university. |
July 29, 2008
 Two Hatboro-Horsham High School students, Anna Rubenstein and Kenny Pallis, along with the school’s Instructional Technology Specialist James Shield, were chosen to travel to Turkmenistan this summer as part of an exchange funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State and administered by IREX. |
