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Youth From Across Russia Connect in Volgograd to Make Change 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).	Mobilizing for Development: Civil Society and ICTs in Southern Africa November 11, 2008 On November 13, IREX’s Technology for Civil Society Speaker Series hosted David Barnard, Executive Director of the Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT).
Computer Center for the Visually Impaired Opens in Romania October 19, 2008 Until recently, visually impaired visitors to a local library in Iasi, Romania had to hire someone to read aloud for them at selected hours. Thanks to IREX and the Association for the Visually Impaired, a new public access computer center enables the community to scan documents and books and use special software to listen to the text as it is read aloud.	Sunni and Alawite Lebanese Youth Come Together to Improve Local Governance October 9, 2008 by Swathi Balasubramanian 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.
Telecenters for Development - An Indian Experience September 25, 2008 On September 25, IREX’s Technology for Civil Society speaker series hosted Subbiah Arunachalam (Arun), an independent scientific researcher with a special interest in technology-facilitated development	Egyptian Teachers Pilot Civic Education Curricula September 16, 2008 As part of the Egypt Civic Education Program, IREX in partnership with the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) has developed a “civic education curriculum kit” for Egyptian primary and pre-school teachers to encourage the integration of concepts such as citizenship and civic engagement, human rights, justice and equality into the classroom. The kit contains a training manual for teachers including a selection of practical exercises, activities, and games meant to develop students’ skills for effective and constructive participation in school and society.
Ukrainian Teenagers “Say NO to Drugs” through Art Competition 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.	Young Journalists Launch Youth Newspaper Investigating Corruption 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.
Moldovan Community Project Connects with Transnistria July 30, 2008 A USAID-funded community improvement project linked the communities of Dorotcaia and Grigoriopol, situated on opposite banks of the river Nistru, which separates the two cities in the jurisdiction of Moldova and the separatist region Transnistria respectively. Despite their political divisions, the estranged citizens joined efforts to integrate their youth. Each day, three buses carried 200 students to Dorotcaia’s high school so that students could study their native language Romanian with Latin characters (instead of Cyrillic ones).	US Students Blog Exchange Trip to Turkmenistan 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.