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Rural and Urban Youth Develop New Partnership in Georgia June 30, 2009 The isolated mountain village of Bediani, home to a community of 18 former street children, is a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Tbilisi along poorly maintained, winding roads. It’s an unlikely destination for young people from Georgia’s capital city; however, thanks to an Alumni Small Grant organized by Muskie alumnus Koba Grdzelishvili, Bediani has become the setting for a unique youth-to-youth development project that builds ties between rural and urban children and teens.	New Orleans Experience Inspires Fellow to Promote Community Service in Kyrgyzstan June 19, 2009 Muskie fellow Ruslan Karabukaev and several of his MBA classmates at the Georgia Institute of Technology spent their winter break volunteering in New Orleans with the Saint Bernard Project, which aims to help rebuild the lives of Hurricane Katrina survivors, family by family.
Community Service Humanizes HIV/AIDS Epidemic for Muskie Fellow April 24, 2009 “No matter how many movies or news stories you’ve watched about [people living with HIV/AIDS], it’s totally different from actually dealing with them on [a daily basis].	Muskie Fellow’s Project Gives Incarcerated Youth a Second Chance April 24, 2009 Youth who are incarcerated are more likely to be incarcerated as adults.*
IREX Hosts Virtual Career Fair for Russian Graduates March 31, 2009 Alumni of the Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship (Muskie) Program and the Global Undergraduate Exchange (UGrad) Program in Russia recently participated in a Virtual Career Fair organized by IREX. The fair was the final component of a Career Progression Training program led by IREX and held in Moscow last fall.	Fellows in Fargo Throw their Weight into Fighting Floods March 27, 2009 As the Red River rises to record levels this week, Muskie and Global UGRAD program fellows who live and study at North Dakota State University in Fargo have joined the fight to prevent massive flooding. With classes cancelled for the remainder of the week, Muskie and UGRAD fellows mobilized alongside thousands of community members to fill sandbags to hold back the Red River.
Strengthening NGO Capacity for Improved Rural Development in Armenia January 27, 2009 These experiences gave Taslakyan the idea and determination to develop a two-day training for 40 select NGO leaders in Armenia through which she could share the knowledge she acquired during her studies in the US.	Muskie Alumnus Holds Workshop on CV Writing January 12, 2009 Konstantine (Koba) Grdzelishvili (Muskie ‘03) and Nini Jokhadze (UGRAD ‘07) visited high school students in Gori as a part of Georgian Alumni Quarterly Events.
Muskie Alumnus Updates January 12, 2009 An update on how six Muskie alumni have been connecting with and contributing to their communities.	IREX Movie Highlights Activities Around the World January 1, 2009 IREX’s film “Forty Years of Building Relationships and Sharing Expertise” provides a glimpse of our diverse work around the world. With footage and interviews from Bangladesh, Egypt, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Serbia, and elsewhere, participants and partners tell their stories of how IREX projects have affected them, their work, and their countries. From our founding in the middle of the Cold War to today, the 10-minute film provides both a historical look and highlights of a few of our activities in over 100 countries.