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December 9, 2010
Tech Age Teens (TATs) During Training Classes

Sixteen-year-old Gaukhar Isabekova from Abai School never volunteered before the Tech Age Teens (TAT) program came to her school. Now she can’t imagine life without her visits to the Ak Bota orphanage, where she helps children with disabilities.

December 8, 2010
by Troy Johnson

Building durable relationships between governments and service providing NGOs may be easier than building them between NGOs and local businesses. 

November 30, 2010
by Troy Johnson
SSP Conference

Increasing the Effectiveness of Social Service Delivery to Vulnerable Children and Youth

September 24, 2010
Ani Haykuni makes a friend in the Huntington Wildlife Forest

From the statehouse to the forest, Muskie environmental fellows are experiencing environmental management and policy in action. 

September 24, 2010
2010 Muskie Fellow Gauhkar Ospanova

Gaukhar Ospanova, a 2010 Muskie fellow enrolled in the master of public administration program at the University of Delaware, was recently profiled on the university’s website.
 

September 20, 2010
by Sarah Dye
TEA/ILEP Alumni Small Grant Award Recipients Announced

IREX is pleased to announce the recipients of the TEA/ILEP Alumni Small Grants competition for the Fall 2010 cycle.

July 7, 2010
by Troy Johnson

On May 20, representatives of more than 60 NGOs from around Kazakhstan converged to discuss, develop, and accelerate solutions to improve the effectiveness of organizations providing social services to impoverished youth and children

June 17, 2010
by Troy Johnson

For many, the happy sounds of children playing on an early spring morning in Issik, a village nestled in the northern slope of the spectacular Tien Shan Mountains, would be an uplifting reminder of their own youth.

June 17, 2010
by  Troy Johnson

Several dozen mothers gather at the office of the mayor of Krasny Yar on a chilly May morning in northern Kazakhstan.

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.