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Profile of Photo Contest Winner: Anush's Constant Test of Patience May 12, 2010 by Jason Vuong Do Anush Kurdova, an avid photographer immediately dug into her sizeable image archive upon hearing about IREX’s photo contest on Facebook.	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).
Mentoring Programs Support Vulnerable Children in Eurasia February 8, 2010 by Susie Armitage Shabnam Almammadova will never forget the day she was watching television at home in Azerbaijan and saw a journalist ask an orphan about his greatest dream. The boy’s eyes welled with tears as he answered that he wanted an older brother—but knew it was impossible. Touched, Almammadova resolved “to make the impossible possible for kids like him.”	Web 2.0 Training Helps UGRAD Alumna Launch Popular HIV/AIDS Blog December 8, 2009 Over 70% of youth in Kyrgyzstan have misconceptions about HIV/AIDS, according to a recent study by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
IREX Celebrates International Education Week November 17, 2009 “We come from many places, but we share a common future,” President Barack Obama said in an address to the United Nations General Assembly this September. This statement could not be more fitting for International Education Week (November 16-20), which celebrates the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.	UGRAD Alumna Connects Russian and Chinese Students in Khabarovsk September 4, 2009 Located only 30km from the Chinese border, the Khabarovsk State Academy of Economics and Law (KSAEL) attracts many Chinese students pursuing higher education abroad.
UGRAD Alumna Organizes Camp for Children with Disabilities in Kazakhstan July 30, 2009 UGRAD alumna Zhanar Zhaxylykova (2007-2008) believes that kids with disabilities have the right to perform in concerts, play sports, socialize, and do all the other things their peers without disabilities often take for granted.	Youth Organize Charity Run Across Ukraine to Benefit Premature Babies July 14, 2009 Two young men running more than 600 miles in 41 days across the largest country inside Europe is not just impressive, it was enough to raise over $50,000 for premature babies in Ukraine.
Anti-Trafficking, Anti-Violence Message Spreads throughout Russian Far East July 5, 2009 Closer to the Pacific Ocean than the Volga River, the Russian Far East is home to astounding natural beauty, but local unemployment and the region’s proximity to international borders put job-seekers at risk for human trafficking. Determined to raise awareness of the issue, UGRAD alumnus Ivan Pechorin organized a series of training workshops for over 75 university students and faculty in the Russian Far East.	UGRAD Alumnus Launches Model United Nations in Turkmenistan May 30, 2009 Over 400,000 young people participate in Model United Nations simulations each year, but students in Turkmenistan weren’t among them—until Global Undergraduate Exchange (Global UGRAD) Program alumnus Dayanch Hojagyeldiyev (2004-2005) got involved. After experiencing firsthand as an exchange student the influence that youth can have in shaping their local communities, Dayanch teamed up with fellow US Department of State exchange alumni, Peace Corps volunteers, professional trainers, and international organizations to launch Turkmenistan’s first ever Model United Nations (MUN) club.